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... Musgrave , And slew his brother by dint of glaive . Then , since a lone and widowed Dame These restless riders may not tame , * An asylum for outlaws . + Plundered . † Border treason . Either receive within thy towers Two hundred of my ...
... Musgrave , And slew his brother by dint of glaive . Then , since a lone and widowed Dame These restless riders may not tame , * An asylum for outlaws . + Plundered . † Border treason . Either receive within thy towers Two hundred of my ...
Page 126
... Musgrave , for his honour's sake . No knight in Cumberland so good , But William may count with him kin and blood . Knighthood he took of Douglas ' sword , When English blood swelled Ancram ford ; And but that Lord Dacre's steed was ...
... Musgrave , for his honour's sake . No knight in Cumberland so good , But William may count with him kin and blood . Knighthood he took of Douglas ' sword , When English blood swelled Ancram ford ; And but that Lord Dacre's steed was ...
Page 130
... Musgrave meet fierce Deloraine In single fight , and if he gain , He gains for us ; but if he's crossed , ' Tis but a single warrior lost : 5 The rest , retreating as they came , Avoid defeat 130 CANTO IV . THE LAY OF.
... Musgrave meet fierce Deloraine In single fight , and if he gain , He gains for us ; but if he's crossed , ' Tis but a single warrior lost : 5 The rest , retreating as they came , Avoid defeat 130 CANTO IV . THE LAY OF.
Page 131
... His trumpet calied , with parleying strain , The leaders of the Scottish band ; And he defied , in Musgrave's right , Stout Deloraine to single fight ; A gauntlet at their feet he laid , And thus CANTO IV . 131 THE LAST MINSTREL .
... His trumpet calied , with parleying strain , The leaders of the Scottish band ; And he defied , in Musgrave's right , Stout Deloraine to single fight ; A gauntlet at their feet he laid , And thus CANTO IV . 131 THE LAST MINSTREL .
Page 132
... Musgrave's sword Vanquish the knight of Deloraine , Your youthful chieftain , Branksome's lord , Shall hostage for his clan remain : If Deloraine foil good Musgrave , The boy his liberty shall have . Howe'er it falls , the English band ...
... Musgrave's sword Vanquish the knight of Deloraine , Your youthful chieftain , Branksome's lord , Shall hostage for his clan remain : If Deloraine foil good Musgrave , The boy his liberty shall have . Howe'er it falls , the English band ...
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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