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Let them look to the issue . '' So saying she left the turret ; and the Abbot , after pausing a moment on her words , which he imputed to the unsettled state of her mind , followed down the winding stair to celebrate his admission to his high office by fast and prayer instead of revelling and thanksgiving . Youth ! thou wear ` st to manhood now , Darker lip and darker brow , Statelier step , more pensive mien , In thy face and gate are seen : Thou must now brook midnight watches , Take thy food and sport by snatches ; For the gambol and the jest , Thou wert wont to love the best , Graver follies must thou follow , But as senseless , false , and hollow . LIFE , A POEM . Young Roland Graeme now trotted gaily forward in the train of Sir Halbert Glendinning . He was relieved from his most galling apprehension , -- the encounter of the scorn and taunt which might possibly hail his immediate return to the Castle of Avenel .