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... wave was crested with tawny foam , Like the mane of a chestnut steed . In vain ! no torrent , deep or broad , Might bar the bold moss - trooper's road . XXIX At the first plunge the horse sunk low , And the water broke o'er the saddle ...
... wave was crested with tawny foam , Like the mane of a chestnut steed . In vain ! no torrent , deep or broad , Might bar the bold moss - trooper's road . XXIX At the first plunge the horse sunk low , And the water broke o'er the saddle ...
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... wave , The bells would ring in Notre Dame ! Some of his skill he taught to me ; 135 140 And , warrior , I could say to thee The words that cleft Eildon Hills in three , 145 And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone : But to speak them ...
... wave , The bells would ring in Notre Dame ! Some of his skill he taught to me ; 135 140 And , warrior , I could say to thee The words that cleft Eildon Hills in three , 145 And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone : But to speak them ...
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... wave , And scare the fiends from the wizard's grave . XVI " It was a night of woe and dread When Michael in the tomb I laid ; 170 Strange sounds along the chancel passed , The banners waved without a blast " 175 Still spoke the monk ...
... wave , And scare the fiends from the wizard's grave . XVI " It was a night of woe and dread When Michael in the tomb I laid ; 170 Strange sounds along the chancel passed , The banners waved without a blast " 175 Still spoke the monk ...
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... he hears . The dwarf waves his long lean arm on high , And signs to the lovers to part and fly ; No time was then to vow or sigh . 405 Fair Margaret through the hazel - grove Flew like the CANTO II . ] 38383 THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL.
... he hears . The dwarf waves his long lean arm on high , And signs to the lovers to part and fly ; No time was then to vow or sigh . 405 Fair Margaret through the hazel - grove Flew like the CANTO II . ] 38383 THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL.
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... waves , since time was born , Since first they rolled upon the Tweed , Had only heard the shepherd's reed , Nor startled at the bugle - horn . II Unlike the tide of human time , Which , though it change in ceaseless flow , Retains each ...
... waves , since time was born , Since first they rolled upon the Tweed , Had only heard the shepherd's reed , Nor startled at the bugle - horn . II Unlike the tide of human time , Which , though it change in ceaseless flow , Retains each ...
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Abbotsford ancient archer band arms ballad band bard Baron Beattisons beneath blaze blood Border bower Branksome Hall Branksome's towers Buccleuch CANTO Carlisle wall castle cheer chief clan coursers Cranstoun's cross dame dark dead Douglas dread Earl Eildon Hills English Eskdale Ettrick fair on Carlisle fight Gala Water Goblin hand harp Hawick Hawthorne's heart High School hill Howard Iliad King knight Lady Ladye Ladye's lance Last Minstrel Liddesdale Lockhart's Longfellow's loud Macaulay's Essay Mary's Melrose Melrose Abbey merrymen Minstrel minstrelsy monk moss-trooper Musgrave ne'er noble o'er pale PHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY Poems poetry prayer pride raven's nest ride rode round rung Saint Scotland Scott Scott's note Scottish Scottish ells Shakespeare's song soon spear spur steed stone stout stream sword ta'en tale tell Teviot's thee thou tide Twas Walter warrior Watt Tinlinn wave ween wild William of Deloraine word Yarrow