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Page 85
... English yeoman good , And born in Lancashire . Well could he hit a fallow deer Five hundred feet him fro ; With hand more true , and eye more clear , No archer bended bow . His coal - black hair , shorn round and close , Set off his sun ...
... English yeoman good , And born in Lancashire . Well could he hit a fallow deer Five hundred feet him fro ; With hand more true , and eye more clear , No archer bended bow . His coal - black hair , shorn round and close , Set off his sun ...
Page 105
... English foe : - " Belted Will Howard is marching here , And hot Lord Dacre , with many a spear , And all the German hagbut - men , * . Who have long lain at Askerten : They crossed the Liddle at curfew hour , And burned my little lonely ...
... English foe : - " Belted Will Howard is marching here , And hot Lord Dacre , with many a spear , And all the German hagbut - men , * . Who have long lain at Askerten : They crossed the Liddle at curfew hour , And burned my little lonely ...
Page 118
... , as they marched in order , Played , " Noble Lord Dacre , he dwells on the Border . " XVIII . Behind the English bill and bow , The mercenaries , firm and slow , Moved on to fight , in dark array , By 118 CANTO IV . THE LAY OF.
... , as they marched in order , Played , " Noble Lord Dacre , he dwells on the Border . " XVIII . Behind the English bill and bow , The mercenaries , firm and slow , Moved on to fight , in dark array , By 118 CANTO IV . THE LAY OF.
Page 120
... English eye , intent , On Branksome's armed towers was bent ; So near they were , that they might know The straining harsh of each cross - bow . On battlement and bartizan Gleamed axe , and spear , and partizan ; Falcon and culver ...
... English eye , intent , On Branksome's armed towers was bent ; So near they were , that they might know The straining harsh of each cross - bow . On battlement and bartizan Gleamed axe , and spear , and partizan ; Falcon and culver ...
Page 122
... English warden lords , of you Demands the Ladye of Buccleuch , Why , ' gainst the truce of Border - tide , In hostile guise ye dare to ride , With Kendal bow , and Gilsland brand , And all yon mercenary band , Upon the bounds of fair ...
... English warden lords , of you Demands the Ladye of Buccleuch , Why , ' gainst the truce of Border - tide , In hostile guise ye dare to ride , With Kendal bow , and Gilsland brand , And all yon mercenary band , Upon the bounds of fair ...
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ancient arms band bard Baron Beattisons beneath betwixt blaze blood blood-hound Border Branksome Branksome Hall Branksome's Buccleuch bugle called CANTO castle Cessford chapel chief clan courser cross Cumberland dæmons Dame dead Douglas dread Duke Earl Earl of Angus Eildon Hills English Eskdale Ettricke Ettricke Forest fair on Carlisle Fawdon fight hall hand harp heard heart highnes hill horse Howard James Jedburgh king Kirkwall knight Ladye laird of Buccleuch lances lands LAST MINSTREL Liddesdale Lord Dacre Melrose Michael Scott MINSTREL moss-trooper Musgrave Naworth Castle ne'er noble Note o'er ride rode Roslin round rung sayd Scotland Scots Scottish Scottish Border shew shulde Sir William slain song spear St Clair steed stone stood sun shines fair sword Teviot's Teviotdale thee theyme theyre Thomas Musgrave thou Tinlinn tower Twas tyme Virgilius warden warriors ween wild William of Deloraine word wound