What seeks fair Ellen of the King?”

XXIX.

Full well the conscious maiden guess’d

He probed the weakness of her breast;

But, with that consciousness, there came

A lightening of her fears for Græme,

And more she deem’d the Monarch’s ire

Kindled ’gainst him, who, for her sire,

Rebellious broadsword boldly drew;

And, to her generous feeling true,