The Talisman

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The Talisman
George Borrow
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O rustle not, ye verdant oaken branches!Whilst I tell the gallant stripling's tale of daring;When this morn they led the gallant youth to judgmentBefore the dread tribunal of the grand Tsar, Then our Tsar and Gosudar began to question:Tell me, tell me, little lad, and peasant bantling!Who assisted thee to ravage and to plunder;I trow thou hadst full many wicked comrades. I'll tell thee, Tsar! our country's hope and glory, I'll tell thee all the truth, without a falsehood:Thou must know that I h
...ad comrades, four in number;Of my comrades four the first was gloomy midnight;The second was a steely dudgeon dagger;The third it was a swift and speedy courser;The fourth of my companions was a bent bow;My messengers were furnace-harden'd arrows. Replied the Tsar, our country's hope and glory:Of a truth, thou little lad, and peasant's bantling!In thieving thou art skill'd and giving answers;For thy answers and thy thieving I'll reward theeWith a house upon the windy plain constructedOf two pillars high, surmounted by a cross-beam.

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