"And hear now, little seaman,
Hear what I say to thee:

An' hast thou any mind this hour

To play gold dice with me?"—

But with golden dice they played, they played away!

"But how and can I play now
The golden dice with thee?

For no red shining gold I have

That I can stake 'gainst thee."

But with golden dice they played, they played away!

"Thou surely this old hat canst stake,

Canst stake thy hat so gray;

And I will stake my bright gold crown,-
Come, take it, if ye may."-

But with golden dice they played, they played away!

And so the second die of gold

On table-board did run;

And the little seaman lost his stake,

While the pretty maiden won.

But with golden dice they played, they played away!

"And hear now, little seaman,

Hear what I say to thee:

An' hast thou any mind this hour

To play gold dice with me?"

But with golden dice they played, they played away!

"But how and can I play now

The golden dice with thee?
For no red shining gold I have

That I can stake 'gainst thee.".

But with golden dice they played, they played away!

"Then stake each of thy stockings,

And each silver-buckled shoe;
And I will stake mine honour,

And eke my troth thereto."

But with golden dice they played, they played away!

"And so the third gold die, I wot,

On the table-board did run;

And the pretty maiden lost her stake,

While the little seaman won.'

But with golden dice they played, they played away!

"Come, hear now, little seaman!

Haste far away from me;

And a ship that stems the briny flood,

I that will give to thee."

But with golden dice they played, they played away!

"A ship that stems the briny flood

I'll get if 't can be done;

But that young virgin have I will,

Whom with gold dice I won."

Bat with golden dice they played, they played away!

Come, hear now, little seaman!

Haste far away from me;

And a shirt so fine with seams of silk,

I that will give to thee.”

But with golden dice they played, they played away!

"A shirt so fine, with seams of silk,

I'll get, if 't can be done;

But that young virgin have I will,

Whom with gold dice I won!"

But with golden dice they played, they played away!

"Nay, hear now, little seaman!
Haste far away from me;

And the half of this my kingdom

I that will give to thee."

But with golden dice they played, they played away!

"The half of this thy kingdom

I'll get, if 't can be done;

But that young virgin have I will,

Whom with gold dice I won."

But with golden dice they played, they played away!

And the virgin in her chamber goes,

And parts her flowing hair :

"Ah me! poor maid, I soon, alas!

The marriage-crown must bear.".

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But with golden dice they played, they played away!

The seaman treads the floor along,

And with his sword he played,

"As good a match as e'er thou'rt worth

Thou gettest, little maid!"—

But with golden dice they played, they played away!

"For I, God wot, no seaman am,

Although ye thinken so:

The best king's son I am, instead,

That in England can go."

But with golden dice they played, they played away!

FROM THE SWEDISHI.

The Legend of the Heart of Bruce.

When King Robert I. died he exacted a promise from Sir James Douglas to convey his heart to the Holy Land, where he had been on the point of going when death arrested him. The party had reached Sluys, on their way to Jerusalem, when Alonzo, King of Leon and Castile, at that time engaged in war with the Moorish governor of Granada, Osmyn, sent to demand the aid of Douglas; and by his oath as a knight, which forbade him ever to turn a deaf ear to a call in aid of the Church of Christ, he was forced to attend to the summons. He fought with his usual bravery, till the Moslems believed he bore a charmed life, as they saw him rush into the thickest of the fight, and escape unwounded. But the Christian ranks nevertheless began to give way; and to stem the flight the Douglas threw the casket containing the king's heart into the mêlée, and rushed after it, exclaiming, "Now pass onward as thou wert wont, and Douglas will follow thee or die!" The day after the battle, the body of Douglas and the casket were found by his surviving companions; and the squire of Douglas, finding it was impossible to convey it to Jerusalein, brought back the prince's heart to Scotland, and it was interred at Melrose.

A GALLEY seeks the port of Sluys,
And o'er the azure wave

Rode never bark more fair than she,
More royal, and more brave.

The white sails swelling to the breeze
Are mirror'd in those summer seas,
As ocean birds with snowy wing
O'er the blue deep their shadows fling,
And round the prow the dancing spray
Blushes to catch the sunny ray,
And melts in ambient air away.
High on the prow a warrior band
In trim array are seen to stand;
Banner and pennon, sword and spear,
And mace and battle-axe are there;

And crested helm, and armour bright,
Buckler and baldric richly dight.

They do not come with sword and lance,
To devastate the fields of France,—
Nor led by policy, resort

A mission to King Philip's' court:
They came not with rich merchandise,
To seek the crowded mart;

But pilgrims to Jerusalem,
They bore King Robert's heart.

And he who first in presence sate,
'Neath canopy in chair of state,
Was Douglas-he for whom so long
Woke the wild harp of Scottish song,
Whom still a fond tradition names
With benison, "The good Sir James-."
He was both bold and blithe of mood,
Of faith unstain'd, and lineage good,
Loyal of heart and free of hand
As any knight in Christian land;
Fair largess he to minstrels gave,
And loved the faithful and the brave.
Good son of holy Church was he,
And of unquestion'd piety;

So many graces did commend

The knight who was King Robert's friend.

For as in gray Dunfermline's tower,

He stood beside the bed

Whereon, in life's departing hour,

Was good King Robert laid,

1 Philip of Valois.