ARVAN;

ORY OF THE SWORD.

CANTO I.

in the high palace hall; held regal feast that night. thered all his mighty men,

t, or deed, through all the world; thoughtful-visaged, seamed and worn, estle with the sleepless years;

ad silver crown, old men,

h calm luminous eyes, whose gaze ture; Councillors

an, highest in the realm,

vs unto the sons of men:

we fronts, and eagle eyes,
uths, whose faces yet were full
battle: these had been

conflict: death had looked

r seen an eyelid droop.

rms were theirs, towerlike and vast, moured, in their own great strength ed for strife. Others were crowned dems, whose many stones,

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NOTE.-The Story of the Sword is supposed to be told by an

ancient Bard.

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