XX.

Impatient of the silent horn,

Now on the gale her voice was borne:—

“Father!” she cried; the rocks around

Loved to prolong the gentle sound.

A while she paused, no answer came,—

“Malcolm, was thine the blast?” the name

Less resolutely utter’d fell,

The echoes could not catch the swell.

“A stranger I,” the Huntsman said,