And his soul's allegiance fail'd not That fair consort, all his days. And their blissful love--avail'd not Chance or time to quench its rays. Love unto his gate had brought her O'er the seas from far beyond. And with love the Emir's daughter Ruled the halls of Egremond. But that kinsman, far divided From them by remorse and shame, Round his courts in secret glided Ghost-like--nevermore the same: Conscience-torn, repentant, weary, Burning, longing for the close Of that pilgrimage so dreary. Power had come, but not repose. Shadows the rebuked and chastened, Worn-out warrior lowly laid. And from Bega's cloisters hastened Thrice the prior with his aid: Thrice: And ere the leaves had faded, Brave Lord Lucy clasped his breast;[23] Kiss'd him; and the convent shaded One more spirit into rest. NOTES TO "THE LAY OF LORD LUCY OF EGREMOND." The name of Egremont seems to be derived from its ancient possessors, the Normans, and being changed by a trifling corruption of their language, carries the same meaning, and signifies the Mount of Sorrow. The charter of Richard de Lucy, granted to the burgesses in the time of King John, declares it to be given and confirmed "burgensibus meis de _Acrimonte_," &c. William the Conqueror having established himself on the throne of England, and added the county of Cumberland, which he wrested from Malcolm, king of Scotland, to his northern possessions; he gave it, together with the barony of Westmorland, to Randolph or Ranulph du Briquesard, also surnamed le Meschin, Vicomte du Bessin, elder brother of William le Meschin. This nobleman was allied to the Conqueror by marriage with his niece, and was one of his numerous train of military adventurers. He was the first Norman paramount feudatory of Cumberland. When Ranulph granted out to his several retainers their respective allotments; reserving to himself the forest of Inglewood, he gave to his brother, William le Meschin, the great barony of Copeland, bounded by the rivers Duddon and Derwent, and the sea. The latter seated himself at Egremont and there erected a castle; and in distinction of this his baronial seat, he changed the name of the whole territory to that of the barony of Egremont. After possessing this estate with great power for several years, and dying without male issue, it devolved to his daughter Alice, married to Robert de Romili, Lord of Skipton. They having no male issue, these two great baronies descended to their only daughter Alice, who married William Fitz-Duncan, Earl of Murray, nephew to David, King of Scots. By this marriage there was issue a son, who died in infancy, and three daughters who divided the vast inheritance. To Amabil, the second daughter, the barony of Egremont came in partition; and by her marriage with