Thou art not here, for if thou wert, I know Thou 'dst fly to meet me.-Ha! I see thee now. And yet thou mov'st not. What! in chains again? Not so, Elgiva-thou art free, my Love I smote them with the sword. Oh, come to me! Give me thy hand. He asked us if the Queen were buried yet, DUNSTAN. Thy hand is very cold. See! EDWIN. Come, come, look up. Hast not a word to say to so much love? Well-as thou wilt-but 'twas not always thus. So soon to be forgotten! Oh, so soon! And I have loved so truly all this while !— I dream-I do but dream, I think.-What's here ? 'Tis not the dress that thou wert wont to wear. This is a corpse ! Attendance, here! What ho! THE DOCTOR. Draw him from the corpse This loss of blood, that drains the fever off, Anon will bring him to himself. That was a voice I knew It came from darkness and the pit—but hark! An Angel's song Rebellious Monk! 'Tis Dunstan that I see! I lay my body down Here at thy feet to die, but not my soul, Is up against thee, and the Avenger's cry Shall answer it. Support me, Sirs, I pray; Be patient with me . . . there was something still . . Another corpse I pray you, Sirs, . . . there . . . there ... BRIDFERTH (from the tower). My Lord, my Lord, Harcather flies; the Danes Are pouring thro' the gate. Harcather falls. DUNSTAN. Give me the crucifix. Bring out the relics. [Dies. Host of the Lord of Hosts, forth once again! [Exeunt, the trumpets of OLAF and SWEYNE sounding in the distance. The Curtain falls. NOTES. PREFACE, PAGE xii. "The prayer of the Anglo-Saxon Liturgy, for deliverance à furore Northmannorum." THE Anglo-Saxon ritual of the Cathedral Church of Durham, printed by the Surtees Society, contains some curious specimens of the religious services of the period. I am tempted to quote the invocation by which the Devil was prevented from riding upon horses, goats, and swine. Habraham, Habraham! equos, capras, et porcusque benedic latrinibus, angelus qui positus est super animalia nostra custodiat ea, ut non poterit Diabolus inequitare illa. Habraham teneat vos per ac divinitas Dei, Deus ad dexteram, angelus ad sinistram, propheta vos prosequentur, martyres antecedant vos, patronesque persequentur, vos custodiat Dominus oves et boves, vitulos, equos et apes, custodi |