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... train : His wife , stout , ruddy , and dark - brow'd , Of silver brooch and bracelet proud , Laugh'd to her friends among the crowd . He was of stature passing tall , But sparely form'd xlii THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL.
... train : His wife , stout , ruddy , and dark - brow'd , Of silver brooch and bracelet proud , Laugh'd to her friends among the crowd . He was of stature passing tall , But sparely form'd xlii THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL.
Page xliv
... dark wood , in mingled tone , Were Border pipes and bugles blown ; The coursers ' neighing he could ken , A measured tread of marching men ; While broke at times the solemn hum , The Almayn's sullen kettle - drum ; And banners tall , of ...
... dark wood , in mingled tone , Were Border pipes and bugles blown ; The coursers ' neighing he could ken , A measured tread of marching men ; While broke at times the solemn hum , The Almayn's sullen kettle - drum ; And banners tall , of ...
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... darkness round the pole ; The Northern Bear lowers black and grim , Orion's studded ' belt is dim ; Twinkling faint , and distant far , Shimmers through mist each planet star ; Ill may I read their high decree : But no kind influence ...
... darkness round the pole ; The Northern Bear lowers black and grim , Orion's studded ' belt is dim ; Twinkling faint , and distant far , Shimmers through mist each planet star ; Ill may I read their high decree : But no kind influence ...
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... dark . " " For Branksome , ho ! " the knight rejoined , And left the friendly tower behind . He turned him now from Teviotside , And , guided by the tinkling rill , Northward the dark ascent did ride , And gained the moor at ...
... dark . " " For Branksome , ho ! " the knight rejoined , And left the friendly tower behind . He turned him now from Teviotside , And , guided by the tinkling rill , Northward the dark ascent did ride , And gained the moor at ...
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... dark Elliot's Border spear . XXXI In bitter mood he spurred fast , And soon the hated heath was past ; And far beneath , in lustre wan , Old ' Melros ' rose and fair Tweed ran : Like some tall rock with lichens gray , Seemed , dimly ...
... dark Elliot's Border spear . XXXI In bitter mood he spurred fast , And soon the hated heath was past ; And far beneath , in lustre wan , Old ' Melros ' rose and fair Tweed ran : Like some tall rock with lichens gray , Seemed , dimly ...
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