Miss Lochinvar

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Family

Authors: Marion Ames Taggart In Year : 1902

Book Language: English

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Young Lochinvar is come out of the west
He alighted at Netherby gate
So boldly he enter’d the Netherby hall
Among bridesmen and kinsmen and brothers and all
And, save his good broadsword, he weapons had none
He rode all unarm’d, and he rode all alone
Oh, come ye in peace here, or come ye in war?
He stayed not for brake and he stopped not for stone
‘They’ll have fleet steeds that follow,’ quoth young Lochinvar
For a laggard in love and a dastard in war
There never was knight like the young Lochinvar
’Twere better by far to have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar
‘Now tread we a measure,’ said young Lochinvar
So faithful in love, and so dauntless in war
One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear
Have ye e’er heard of gallant like young Lochinvar?
There was mounting ’mong Graemes of the Netherby clan
With a smile on her lips and a tear in her eye

At breakfast, Mr. Graham drops the bombshell that his niece -- Joan, Jane or Janet, he's not sure which, will be arriving from the west to live with his large family. The news is met with mixed emotions - horror from his wife, resentment from the eldest two daughters and amusement from the eldest son. What will this stranger be like? How will she fit in with her cousins? - Summary by Lynne Thompson