He put his hands unto his lips, and whistled loud and shrill, And thirty six well-armed men came at their master's will, Said he "I've flattered maids full long, but now the time is past, And the bonny hills of Ivory a lady own at last. My steed's back ne'er was graced for a lady's seat before; Fear not his speed; I'll guard thee, love, till we ride o'er the moor, To seek the priest, and wed, and love until the day we die." So she that was but poor before is Lady Ivory. ENDNOTES [1] The Editor has pleasure in acknowledging the kindness of Miss James of Theddingworth, and Miss Powell, of Thame. The former lady obligingly sent him the manuscript of a lecture on "Dryden and Clare" by her brother, the late Rev. T. James, of Theddingworth, and the latter several letters written by Clare to Mr. Octavius Gilchrist. [2] Among those who at this time or subsequently made Clare presents of books were Lord Radstock, Bishop Marsh, Mrs. Emmerson, Sir Walter Scott, Robert Bloomfield, Mr. Gilchrist, Lord Milton, Messrs. Taylor & Ilessey, Messrs. Smith, Elder, & Co, Charles Lamb, Henry Eehnes, Lady Sophia Pierrepoint, the Rev. H. P. Cary, E. V. Rippingille, Allan Cunningham, Geo. Barley, Sir Charles A. Elton, William Gifford, Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hall, James Montgomery, E. Drury, Alaric A. Watts, William Hone &c. Clare's little library, consisting of 500 volumes, was purchased from his widow after his death, and placed in the Northampton Museum. [3] Mr. S. C. Hall kindly informs me that Mrs. Emmerson "was a handsome, graceful, and accomplished lady." Her letters show that she was Clare's senior by eleven or twelve years.--ED. [4] Coleridge's definition of watchmen. [5] Mr. How's connection with the firm of Whittaker & Co. terminated before the appearance of the "Rural Muse," but he brought out the volume, through them, on his own account, and twenty years afterwards transferred the copyright to Mr. Taylor, who, in 1854, contemplated the re-issue of Clare's poems.