For over me burned lustrous the dear eyes Of my beloved; I strove as at a joust To gain at end the guerdon of her smile.

Released from his captivity, he hastened back to Europe to claim the guerdon of his sufferings.

645 All cannot be: the promise is too fair For creatures doomed to breathe terrestrial air: Yet not for this will sober reason frown Upon that promise, not the hope disown; She knows that only from high aims ensue 650 Rich guerdons, and to them alone are due.

I uphold the true religion Of the gods, their faith and worship, For the zeal that I exhibit In thus crushing Christ's new law, Which I hate with every instinct Of my soul, oh! grant my guerdon

and from me receive your guerdon of scorn.

Calm and free He faced the Sphinx, nor ever knew dismay, Nor bowed to externalities the knee, Nor took a guerdon from the fleeting day; But dwelt on earth in that eternity Where Truth and Beauty shine with blended ray.

When future critics shall weigh out his guerdon of praise and censure, it will be Southey the poet only that will supply them with the scanty materials for the latter.

Had Glovotsky won this guerdon at Great Katharine's hands?

"Dost ask a guerdon for him, young sir?"

I will sit awhile reflecting On the times long passed away, Races which of old were famous, Glories sunk in deep decay. Grows the grass upon the tilt-yard, Where the all-victorious knight Overcame the strongest champions, Won the guerdon of the fight.