The lay of the last minstrel, a poem. With Ballads and lyrical pieces |
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... Minstrel gazed with wishful eye- No humbler resting - place was nigh . With hesitating step , at last , The embattled portal - arch he passed , 2 Whose ponderous grate and massy bar Had oft rolled back 12 INTRODUCTION .
... Minstrel gazed with wishful eye- No humbler resting - place was nigh . With hesitating step , at last , The embattled portal - arch he passed , 2 Whose ponderous grate and massy bar Had oft rolled back 12 INTRODUCTION .
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... Minstrel audience gained . But , when he reached the room of state , Where she , with all her ladies , sate , * Francis Scott , Earl of Buccleuch , father of the Duchess . Walter , Earl of Buccleuch , grandfather of the Duchess , and a ...
... Minstrel audience gained . But , when he reached the room of state , Where she , with all her ladies , sate , * Francis Scott , Earl of Buccleuch , father of the Duchess . Walter , Earl of Buccleuch , grandfather of the Duchess , and a ...
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... were lost ; Each blank , in faithless memory void , The poet's glowing thought supplied ; And , while his harp responsive rung , " Twas thus the LATEST MINSTREL sung . THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL . CANTO FIRST . 16 INTRODUCTION .
... were lost ; Each blank , in faithless memory void , The poet's glowing thought supplied ; And , while his harp responsive rung , " Twas thus the LATEST MINSTREL sung . THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL . CANTO FIRST . 16 INTRODUCTION .
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... fleet and wight , Stood saddled in stable day and night , Barbed with frontlet of steel , I trow , And with Jedwood - axe at saddle - bow ; A hundred more fed free in stall Such was the CANTO I. 19 THE LAST MINSTREL .
... fleet and wight , Stood saddled in stable day and night , Barbed with frontlet of steel , I trow , And with Jedwood - axe at saddle - bow ; A hundred more fed free in stall Such was the CANTO I. 19 THE LAST MINSTREL .
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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