-Give Sir Lancelot Threlkeld praise! Hear it, good man, old in days! Thou tree of covert and of rest For this young bird that is distrest; A recreant harp, that sings of fear And tends a flock from hill to hill: That learned of him submissive ways, -Give Sir Lancelot Threlkeld praise! Hear it, good man, old in days! Thou tree of covert and of rest For this young bird that is distrest; A recreant harp, that sings of fear And tends a flock from hill to hill: That learned of him submissive ways, To his side the fallow-deer And glancing, gleaming, dark or bright, He hath kenned them taking wing; |