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... Moved on to fight , in dark array , By Conrad led of Wolfenstein , Who brought the band from distant Rhine , And sold their blood for foreign pay . The camp their home , their law the sword , xliv THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL.
... Moved on to fight , in dark array , By Conrad led of Wolfenstein , Who brought the band from distant Rhine , And sold their blood for foreign pay . The camp their home , their law the sword , xliv THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL.
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Walter Scott J. W. Young. The camp their home , their law the sword , They knew no country , own'd no lord : They were not arm'd like England's sons , But bore the levin - darting guns ; Buff coats , all frounced and ' broider'd o'er ...
Walter Scott J. W. Young. The camp their home , their law the sword , They knew no country , own'd no lord : They were not arm'd like England's sons , But bore the levin - darting guns ; Buff coats , all frounced and ' broider'd o'er ...
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... sword and spur on heel ; They quitted not their harness bright , Neither by day nor yet by night : They lay down to rest , With corselet laced , Pillowed on buckler cold and hard ; They carved at the meal With gloves of steel , And they ...
... sword and spur on heel ; They quitted not their harness bright , Neither by day nor yet by night : They lay down to rest , With corselet laced , Pillowed on buckler cold and hard ; They carved at the meal With gloves of steel , And they ...
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... sword hangs rusting on the wall Beside his broken spear . Bards long shall tell How ' Lord Walter fell ! 50 35 When startled ' burghers fled afar The furies of the Border war , 60 When the streets of high ° Dunedin Saw lances gleam and ...
... sword hangs rusting on the wall Beside his broken spear . Bards long shall tell How ' Lord Walter fell ! 50 35 When startled ' burghers fled afar The furies of the Border war , 60 When the streets of high ° Dunedin Saw lances gleam and ...
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... rest , And still his brows the helmet pressed , Albeit the blanched locks below 135 Were white as Dinlay's spotless snow . 140 Five stately warriors drew the sword Before their father's band CANTO IV . ] THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL 55.
... rest , And still his brows the helmet pressed , Albeit the blanched locks below 135 Were white as Dinlay's spotless snow . 140 Five stately warriors drew the sword Before their father's band CANTO IV . ] THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL 55.
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