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'if> darthula:
be freed of his love '' ! that I might rejoice in the prc»
sence of Nathos ! Blest are the rocks of Etha ; they
V/ill behold his steps at the chase ! they will see his
v/hite bosorn, when the winds lift his raven hair !"
Such were thy Words, Dar-thula, in Seianiii's mos-
sy towers. But, now, the night is round thee : and the
v/indr3 have deceived thy sails. The winds have deceiv-
ed thy sails, Dar-thula : their blustering sound is high.
Cease a litde v/hile, O north wind, and let me hear the
voice of die lovely. Thy voice is lovrly, Dar-tiiula>
between the rustling blasts.
" Are these the rocks of Nathos, and the roar of hi3
mountain streams? Comes that beam of light from Us-
noth's nightly hall ? The mist rolls around, and the
beam is feeble, but the light of Dar-thuk's soul is the
car-borne chief of Etha ! Son of the generous Usnoth,
why that broken sigh ? Are we net in the land of
strangers, chief of echoing Etha :"
" These are not the rocks of Nathos," he replied,
" nor the roar of his stream.^. No light comes fror.a
Etha's halls, for they are distant tar. We are in the
Jand of strangers, in the land of car-borne Cairbar. The
winds h?-re deceived us, Dar-thula. Ullin lifts here her
green hills. Go towards the north, Althos; be thy
steps, Ardan, along tlie coast ; thai the foe may not
come in darkness, and our hopes of Etha fail. I v.'i?l
go towards that mossy tower, and see who dwells a-
bout the beam. Rest, Dar-thula, on the shore ! rest
in peace, thou beam of light ! the sword of Nathos is
around thee, like the lightning of heaven."
He v/ent. She sat alone, and heard the rolling of the
wave. The big tear is in her eye ; and she looks for
the car-borne Nathos. Her soul trembles at the blast*
And she turns her ear towards the tread of his feet»
The tread of his feet is not heard. " Where aj i t!iou,
son of my love ? The roar of the blast is around iris.
Dark is the cloudy night. But Nathos does noc re-
li That is, of the love of Cahi^^r,