CHAPTER X.THE LEGEND OF ROLAND .-- THE ADVENTURES OF NYMPHALIN ON THE.
ISLAND OF NONNEWERTH .-- HER SONG .-- THE DECAY OF THE FAIRY-FAITH IN ENGLAND.
ON the shore opposite the Drachenfels stand the Ruins of Rolandseck,--they are the shattered crown of a lofty and perpendicular mountain, consecrated to the memory of the brave Roland; below, the trees of an island to which the lady of Roland retired, rise thick and verdant from the smooth tide.
Nothing can exceed the eloquent and wild grandeur of the whole scene.
That spot is the pride and beauty of the Rhine.
The legend that consecrates the tower and the island is briefly told; it belongs to a class so common to the Romaunts of Germany.

Roland goes to the wars.

A false report of his death reaches his betrothed.

She retires to the convent in the isle of Nonnewerth, and takes the irrevocable veil.

Roland returns home, flushed with glory and hope, to find that the very fidelity of his affianced had placed an eternal barrier between them.