“THE BLADES OF HARDEN”
By
Will Ogilvie
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“THE BLADES OF HARDEN” |
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| A Poem by William.H.Ogilvie 1869-1963 | ||
| Ho! For the blades of Harden! | ||
| Ho! For the driven kye! | ||
| The broken gate and the lances hate | ||
| And the banner red on the sky! | ||
| The rough road runs by the Carter; | ||
| The white foam creams on the rein; | ||
| Ho! For the blades of Harden! | ||
| “There will be moonlight again!” | ||
| The dark has heard them gather, | ||
| The dawn has bowed them by, | ||
| To the guard on the roof comes the drum of a hoof | ||
| And the drone of a hoof’s reply. | ||
| There are more than birds on the hill to-night | ||
| And more than winds on the plain! | ||
| The threat of the Scotts has filled the moss, | ||
| *There will be moonlight again!” | ||
| Ho! for the blades of Harden! | ||
| Ho! For the ring of steel! | ||
| The stolen steers of a hundred years | ||
| Come home for a Kirkhope meal! | ||
| The ride must risk its fortune, | ||
| The raid must count its slain, | ||
| The March must feed her ravens. | ||
| “There will be moonlight again!” | ||
| Ho! for the blades of Harden! | ||
| Ho! for the pikes that cross! | ||
| Ho! for the king of lance and ling | ||
| A Scott on the Ettrick moss! | ||
| The rough road runs by the Carter, | ||
| The white foam creams on the rein; | ||
| And aye for the blades of Harden | ||
| “There will be moonlight again!” | ||
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By Will Ogilvie |
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