JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS. 
‘* No room for me?” ‘‘ Enough for both ; 
Speed ! speed ! my barb, thy course !” 
O’er thundering bridge, through boiling surge, 
He drove the furious horse. 
Tramp ! tramp! along the land they rode, 
Splash ! splash ! along the sea, 
The scourge is wight, the spur is bright, 
The flashing pebbles flee. 
Fled past on right and left how fast 
Each forest, grove and bower ! 
On right and left fled past how fast 
Each city, town and tower ! 
“ Dost fear ? Dost fear ? the moon shines clear, 
Dost fear to ride with me? 
Hurrah! hurrah! the dead can ride ! 
“© William, let them be !” 
‘« See there ! see there !| What yonder swings 
And creaks ’mid whistling rain ?” 
‘* Gibbet and steel,th’ accursed wheel ; 
A murderer in his chain. 
“* Hello ! thou felon, follow here ; 
To bridal bed we ride ; 
And thou shall prance a fetter dance 
Before me and my bride.” 
And hurry ! hurry ! clash, clash, clash ! 
The wasted form descends, 
And fleet as wind through hazel bush, 
The wild career attends. 
Tramp! tramp ! along the land they rode, 
Splash ! splash ! along the sea ; 
The scourge is red, the spur drops blood, 
The flashing pebbles flee. 
How fled what moonshine faintly shewed ! 
How fled what darkness hid ! 
How fled the earth beneath their feet, 
The heaven above their head ! 
‘“ Dost fear? dost fear ? the moon shines clear, 
And well the dead can ride ; 
Dost faithful Helen fear for them ?” 
‘‘ O leave in peace the dead !” 
‘“‘ Barb! barb! methinks I hear the cock ; 
The sand will soon be run ; = 
Barb! barb! I smell the morning air, 
The race is well-nigh done.” 
Tramp ! tramp! along the land they rode, 
Splash! splash! along the sea ; 
The scourge is red, the spur drops blood, 
The flashing pebbles flee. 
