The Lady of the Lake

’T were long to tell what steeds gave o’er,
As swept the hunt through Cambusmore;
What reins were tightened in despair,
When rose Benledi’s ridge in air;
Who flagged upon Bochastle’s heath,
Who shunned to stem the flooded Teith,—­
For twice that day, from shore to shore,
The gallant stag swam stoutly o’er. 
Few were the stragglers, following far,
That reached the lake of Vennachar;
And when the Brigg of Turk was won,
The headmost horseman rode alone.