The Poems And Ballads of Sir Walter Scott, Bart ... 4
The Poems And Ballads of Sir Walter Scott, Bart ... 4
Sir Walter Scott, Andrew Lang
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Canto IL But seek some charnel, when, at full. The moon gilds skeleton and skull : There dig, and tomb your precious heap ; And bid the dead your treasure keep ; ^ Sure stewards they, if fitting spell Their service to the task compeL Lacks there such chamel ? — kill a slave,* Or prisoner, on the treasure grave ; And bid his discontented ghost Stalk nightly on his lonely post. — Such was his tala Its truth, I ween, Is in my morning vision seen." — XIX. Wilfrid, who scorn'd the legend wild, In mi...ngled mirth and pity smiled, Much marvelling that a breast so bold In such fond tale belief should hold ;^ 1 If time did not permit the Bucaniers to lavish away their plunder in their usual debaucheries, they were wont to hide it, with many superstitious solemnities, in the desert islands and keys which they frequented, and where much treasure, whose lawless owners perished without reclaiming it, is still supposed to be concealed. The most cruel of mankind are often the most superstitious; and these pirates are said to have had recourse to a horrid ritual, in order to secure an unearthly guardian to their treasures.
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