The Herd Boy and His Hermit

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This Etext of The Herdboy and His Hermit was prepared by Sandra Laythorpe, [email protected]. A web page for Charlotte M Yonge may be found at www.menorot.com/cmyonge.htm

Henry, thou of holy birth,

Thou, to whom thy Windsor gave

Nativity and name and grave

Heavily upon his head

Ancestral crimes were visited.

Meek in heart and undefiled,

Patiently his soul resigned,

Blessing, while he kissed the rod,

His Redeemer and his God.

SOUTHEY

I can conduct you, lady, to a low

But loyal cottage where you may be safe

Till further quest.-MILTON.

On a moorland slope where sheep and goats were dispersed among the rocks, there lay a young lad on his back, in a stout canvas cassock over his leathern coat, and stout leathern leggings over wooden shoes. Twilight was fast coming on; only a gleam of purple light rested on the top of the eastern hills, but was gradually fading away, though the sky to the westward still preserved a little pale golden light by the help of the descending crescent moon.

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