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... warriors quaff'd , Loudly they spoke , and loudly laugh'd ; Whisper'd young knights , in tone more mild , To ladies fair , and ladies smiled . The hooded hawks , high perch'd on beam , The clamour join'd , with whistling scream , 1 ...
... warriors quaff'd , Loudly they spoke , and loudly laugh'd ; Whisper'd young knights , in tone more mild , To ladies fair , and ladies smiled . The hooded hawks , high perch'd on beam , The clamour join'd , with whistling scream , 1 ...
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... warriors in the escalade ; All , as they marched , in rugged tongue , Songs of Teutonic feuds they sung . 991 It is in verse of this sort that Scott is at his best . The pageantry of war , the pomp of military display , appealed to him ...
... warriors in the escalade ; All , as they marched , in rugged tongue , Songs of Teutonic feuds they sung . 991 It is in verse of this sort that Scott is at his best . The pageantry of war , the pomp of military display , appealed to him ...
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... to battle rode ; And how full many a tale he knew Of the old warriors of Buccleuch : And , would the noble Duchess deign 25 330 35 40 45 50 To listen to an old man's strain , 55 Though 2 [ INTROD . THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL.
... to battle rode ; And how full many a tale he knew Of the old warriors of Buccleuch : And , would the noble Duchess deign 25 330 35 40 45 50 To listen to an old man's strain , 55 Though 2 [ INTROD . THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL.
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... warriors armed by night ? They watch to hear the bloodhound baying ; They watch to hear the war - horn braying ; 20 25 30 35 40 45 To see Saint George's red cross streaming , To see 6 [ CANTO I THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL.
... warriors armed by night ? They watch to hear the bloodhound baying ; They watch to hear the war - horn braying ; 20 25 30 35 40 45 To see Saint George's red cross streaming , To see 6 [ CANTO I THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL.
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... warrior's bloody bier The Ladye dropped nor flower nor tear ! Vengeance , deep - brooding o'er the slain , Had locked the source of softer woe , And burning pride and high disdain Forbade the rising tear to flow ; Until , amid his ...
... warrior's bloody bier The Ladye dropped nor flower nor tear ! Vengeance , deep - brooding o'er the slain , Had locked the source of softer woe , And burning pride and high disdain Forbade the rising tear to flow ; Until , amid his ...
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