Out spoke the hardy Highland wight, “I’ll go, my chief, I’m ready; It is not for your silver bright, But for your winsome lady. “And by my word! the bonny bird In danger shall not tarry; So though the waves are raging white I’ll row you o’er the ferry.” By this the storm grew loud apace, The water-wraith was shrieking; And in the scowl of Heaven each face Grew dark as they were speaking. But still as wilder blew the wind, And as the night grew drearer, Adown the glen rode arméd men, Their trampling sounded nearer. “O haste thee, haste!” the lady cries, “Though tempests round us gather; I’ll meet the raging of the skies, But not an angry father.” The boat has left a stormy land, A stormy sea before her— When, oh! too strong for human hand The tempest gather’d o’er her. And still they row’d amidst the roar Of waters fast prevailing; Lord Ullin reach’d that fatal shore— His wrath was changed to wailing. For, sore dismay’d, through storm and shade His child he did discover; One lovely hand she stretch’d for aid, And one was round her lover. “Come back! come back!” he cried in grief, “Across this stormy water; And I’ll forgive your Highland chief, My daughter!—Oh, my daughter!” ’Twas vain: the loud waves lash’d the shore, Return or aid preventing; The waters wild went o’er his child, And he was left lamenting. NOTES AND QUESTIONS =Biography.= Thomas Campbell (1777-1844) was a popular Scottish poet. He was born in Glasgow, his father being a prominent merchant of that city. At an early age Campbell began to write poetry, and at twenty-one had published “The Pleasures of Hope,” a poem that was received with much favor. He excelled in war poetry, his “Hohenlinden”, “The Battle of the Baltic”, and “Ye Mariners of England” being the most widely read. His ballads “Lochiel” and “Lord Ullin’s Daughter” are the best known. Campbell is remembered not alone for these stirring narrative poems, but also for the excellence of favorite lines that he wrote, such as “To live in the hearts we leave behind is not to die,” and “’Tis distance lends enchantment to the view.” =Discussion.= 1. Tell briefly the story of the poem. 2. What picture do the first two stanzas give you? 3. What reason did the boatman give for saying he would row them over the ferry? 4. What change of time do you notice in the tenth stanza? 5. What does the eleventh stanza tell you? 6. Which stanza tells you of the tragedy? 7. What other poems of the sea have you read in this book? 8. What characteristics of the ballad has this poem? =Phrases= to the Highlands bound, 178, 1 stain the heather, 178, 12 hardy Highland wight, 179, 1 raging white, 179, 7 grew loud apace, 179, 9 in the scowl of Heaven, 179, 11 waters fast prevailing, 179, 26 fatal shore, 179, 27 THE PIPES AT LUCKNOW JOHN G. WHITTIER