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Such and so pale his face as when
With faint and faltering tongue,
To William's care, a dying charge
He left his orphan son.
With faint and faltering tongue,
To William's care, a dying charge
He left his orphan son.
"I bade thee with a father's love
My orphan Edmund guard—
Well William hast thou kept thy charge!
Now take thy due reward."
My orphan Edmund guard—
Well William hast thou kept thy charge!
Now take thy due reward."
He started up, each limb convuls'd
With agonizing fear,
He only heard the storm of night—
'Twas music to his ear.
With agonizing fear,
He only heard the storm of night—
'Twas music to his ear.
When lo! the voice of loud alarm
His inmost soul appals,
What ho! Lord William rise in haste!
The water saps thy walls!
His inmost soul appals,
What ho! Lord William rise in haste!
The water saps thy walls!
