And stirr’d his courage with the steel.[293]
Bounded the fiery steed in air,
The rider sate erect and fair,
Then like a bolt from steel crossbow
Forth launch’d, along the plain they go.
They dash’d that rapid torrent through,
And up Carhonie’s[294] hill they flew;
Still at the gallop prick’d[295] the Knight,
His merry-men follow’d as they might.
Along thy banks, swift Teith! they ride,