Folly of Attempting to Please all Mankind The Fakenham Ghost The Three Warnings The New Eden Boadicea "OH, where is the knight or the squire so bold And o'er it already the dark waters flow; Shall have for his guerdon that gift of his king." He spoke, and the cup from the terrible steep, I ask ye again-to the deep below?" And the knights and the squires that gathered around, Is there never a wight who will venture in ?" B And all as before heard in silence the king, Till a youth with an aspect unfearing but gentle, As he strode to the marge of the summit, and gave Casts roaringly up the Charybdis again; And as with the swell of the far thunder-boom, And it bubbles and seethes, and it hisses and roars, Yet, at length, comes a lull o'er the mighty commotion, The youth gave his trust to his Maker! Before All was still on the height, save the murmur that went Thrilled from lip unto lip, “Gallant youth, fare thee well !’ |