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XL.

And now my muse must bid Dunluce farewell,
And seek Glenarriff, there to end her lay;
So, gentle readers, if you'd hear me tell

My tale right out, follow her there I pray :
For in that matchless, sweet, enchanting dell,
With
your kind patience, I awhile must stray—

For yet some sixty stanzas I must sing,

Before my tale I to an end can bring.

END OF THE THIRD CANTO.

CANTO IV.

THE AVENGED BRIDE.

CANTO IV.

I.

SUBLIME Glenarriff! from my heart, all hail!
Like friends long parted, with what joy we meet!
Oh! how I long to wander through thy vale-

Though here, alas! those friends I ne'er can greet, Who added charms to each romantic dale!

But still remembrance makes the past more sweet Thy mounts, rocks, floods, my muse must now explore, T'enrich her fancy with their classic store.

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