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 And revellers, o'er their bowls, proclaim
 Douglas or Dacre's conquering name.

IX.
Less frequent heard, and fainter still,
 At length the various clamours died;
And you might hear, from Branksome hill,
 No sound but Teviot's rushing tide;
Save, when the changing sentinel
The challenge of his watch could tell;
And save, where, through the dark profound,
The clanging axe and hammer's sound
 Rung from the nether lawn;
For many a busy hand toiled there,
The list's dread barriers to prepare,
 Against the morrow's dawn.

X.
Margaret from hall did soon retreat,
 Despite the Dame's reproving eye;
Nor marked she as she left her seat,
 Full many a stifled sigh;