The lay of the last minstrel, a poem. With Ballads and lyrical pieces |
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... Melrose ran , All purple with their blood ; And well she knew , her mother dread , Before Lord Cranstoun she should wed , Would see her on her dying bed . XI . Of noble race the Ladye came ; Her CANTO I , 23 THE LAST MINSTREL ,
... Melrose ran , All purple with their blood ; And well she knew , her mother dread , Before Lord Cranstoun she should wed , Would see her on her dying bed . XI . Of noble race the Ladye came ; Her CANTO I , 23 THE LAST MINSTREL ,
Page 31
... Melrose's holy pile Seek thou the Monk of St Mary's aisle . Greet the father well from me ; Say , that the fated hour is come , And to - night he shall watch with thee , To win the treasure of the tomb : For this will be St Michael's ...
... Melrose's holy pile Seek thou the Monk of St Mary's aisle . Greet the father well from me ; Say , that the fated hour is come , And to - night he shall watch with thee , To win the treasure of the tomb : For this will be St Michael's ...
Page 36
... soul the slaughter red * Barded , or barbed , —applied to a horse accoutered with defensive armour . + Halidon - Hill , on which the battle of Melrose was fought . Of that unhallowed morn arose , When first the Scott 36 CANTO THE LAY OF.
... soul the slaughter red * Barded , or barbed , —applied to a horse accoutered with defensive armour . + Halidon - Hill , on which the battle of Melrose was fought . Of that unhallowed morn arose , When first the Scott 36 CANTO THE LAY OF.
Page 37
... When Hawick he passed , had curfew rung , Now midnight lauds * were in Melrose sung . * Lauds , the midnight service of the Catholic church . The sound , upon the fitful gale , In solemn ΦΑΝΤΟ Ι . $ 7 . THE LAST MINSTREL .
... When Hawick he passed , had curfew rung , Now midnight lauds * were in Melrose sung . * Lauds , the midnight service of the Catholic church . The sound , upon the fitful gale , In solemn ΦΑΝΤΟ Ι . $ 7 . THE LAST MINSTREL .
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... Melrose he reached , ' twas silence all ; He meetly stabled his steed in stall , And sought the convent's lonely wall . HERE paused the harp and with its swell The Master's fire and courage fell : Dejectedly , and low , he bowed , And ...
... Melrose he reached , ' twas silence all ; He meetly stabled his steed in stall , And sought the convent's lonely wall . HERE paused the harp and with its swell The Master's fire and courage fell : Dejectedly , and low , he bowed , And ...
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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