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the outlaw.
The trembling band of women,whose shrill screams
Still seem to pierce mine ear?
2d. Moun. Well;
And our captain bade us lead them gently
Unto a neighboring hamlet—with strict command
To carry them in safety—bidding us remember
He warr'd not with young babes and trembling women.
Where roves he now? Angling for some fair fish,
And sparkling like a dolphin, when it glares
Beneath a sunny ray?
1st Moun. Beware; let us not forget we're mountaineers;
Join in the revel and the dance
With these wild mountain girls.—
Still seem to pierce mine ear?
2d. Moun. Well;
And our captain bade us lead them gently
Unto a neighboring hamlet—with strict command
To carry them in safety—bidding us remember
He warr'd not with young babes and trembling women.
Where roves he now? Angling for some fair fish,
And sparkling like a dolphin, when it glares
Beneath a sunny ray?
1st Moun. Beware; let us not forget we're mountaineers;
Join in the revel and the dance
With these wild mountain girls.—
Enter Peasant girls.
Hark! what sounds are these?
Heard ye not distant shouts?
Madeline. It is a band of soldiers on the search for the bold robber, who but late escaped from
Heard ye not distant shouts?
Madeline. It is a band of soldiers on the search for the bold robber, who but late escaped from
