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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BLADES OF HARDEN, by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE Poet's Biography First Line: Ho! For the blades of harden! Last Line: "there will be moonlight again!" Alternate Author Name(s): Ogilvie, Will Henry | |||
HO! for the blades of Harden! Ho! for the driven kye! The broken gate and the lances' hate, And a banner red on the sky! The rough road runs by the Carter; The white foam creams on the rein; Ho! for the blades of Harden! "There will be moonlight again." The dark has heard them gather, The dawn has bowed them by, To the guard on the roof comes the drum of a hoof And the drone of a hoof's reply. There are more than birds on the hill tonight, And more than winds on the plain! The threat of the Scotts has filled the moss, "There will be moonlight again." Ho! for the blades of Harden! Ho! for the ring of steel! The stolen steers of a hundred years Come home for a Kirkhope meal! The ride must risk its fortune, The raid must count its slain, The March must feed her ravens, "There will be moonlight again!" Ho! for the blades of Harden! Ho! for the pikes that cross! Ho! for the king of lance and ling -- A Scott on the Ettrick moss! The rough road runs by the Carter, The white foam creams on the rein; And aye for the blades of Harden "There will be moonlight again!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A WILDFLOWER BY THE WAY by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE ABANDONED SELECTIONS by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE CANADIANS by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE FROM THE GULF by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE HOW THE FIRE QUEEN CROSSED THE SWAMP by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE NORTHWARD TO THE SHEDS by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE QUEENSLANDERS by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE SOLITUDE by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE THE DEATH OF BEN HALL by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE THE LAST MUSTER by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE |
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