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Page xliii
... shafts and bow , of wondrous strength , His hardy partner bore . " 1 It was , after all , not the goblin page that chiefly inter- ested the poet , but the old - time Scots and their customs . He had a wholesome love for sturdy men , a ...
... shafts and bow , of wondrous strength , His hardy partner bore . " 1 It was , after all , not the goblin page that chiefly inter- ested the poet , but the old - time Scots and their customs . He had a wholesome love for sturdy men , a ...
Page 22
... shafts so trim , With base and with capital flourished around , Seemed bundles of lances which garlands had bound . X Full many a ' scutcheon and banner ' riven Shook to the cold night - wind of heaven , Around the screened altar's ...
... shafts so trim , With base and with capital flourished around , Seemed bundles of lances which garlands had bound . X Full many a ' scutcheon and banner ' riven Shook to the cold night - wind of heaven , Around the screened altar's ...
Page 23
... shafts of shapely stone , By foliaged tracery combined ; Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand " Twixt poplars straight the osier wand In many a freakish knot had twined , Then framed a spell when the work was done , And changed ...
... shafts of shapely stone , By foliaged tracery combined ; Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand " Twixt poplars straight the osier wand In many a freakish knot had twined , Then framed a spell when the work was done , And changed ...
Page 53
... shafts and bow , of wondrous strength , His hardy partner bore . 70 VI Thus to the Ladye did Tinlinn show The tidings of the English foe : " Belted Will Howard is marching here , And hot Lord Dacre , with many a spear , And all the ...
... shafts and bow , of wondrous strength , His hardy partner bore . 70 VI Thus to the Ladye did Tinlinn show The tidings of the English foe : " Belted Will Howard is marching here , And hot Lord Dacre , with many a spear , And all the ...
Page 60
... shaft Whistled from startled Tinlinn's yew , 275 And pierced his shoulder through and through . Although the imp might not be slain , And though the wound soon healed again , Yet , as he ran , he yelled for pain ; And Watt of Tinlinn ...
... shaft Whistled from startled Tinlinn's yew , 275 And pierced his shoulder through and through . Although the imp might not be slain , And though the wound soon healed again , Yet , as he ran , he yelled for pain ; And Watt of Tinlinn ...
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