The lay of the last minstrel, a poem. With Ballads and lyrical pieces |
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... bards was he , Who sung of Border chivalry . For , well - a - day ! their date was fled , His tuneful brethren all were dead ; And he , neglected and oppressed , Wished to be with them , and at rest . No more , on prancing palfrey borne ...
... bards was he , Who sung of Border chivalry . For , well - a - day ! their date was fled , His tuneful brethren all were dead ; And he , neglected and oppressed , Wished to be with them , and at rest . No more , on prancing palfrey borne ...
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... Branksome - Hall.— Many a valiant knight is here ; But he , the Chieftain of them all , His sword hangs rusting on the wall , Beside his broken spear . Bards long shall tell , How Lord Walter fell ! 20 CANTO I. , THE LAY OF.
... Branksome - Hall.— Many a valiant knight is here ; But he , the Chieftain of them all , His sword hangs rusting on the wall , Beside his broken spear . Bards long shall tell , How Lord Walter fell ! 20 CANTO I. , THE LAY OF.
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sir Walter Scott (bart.) Bards long shall tell , How Lord Walter fell ! When startled burghers fled , afar , The furies of the Border war ; When the streets of high Dunedin Saw lances gleam , and falchions redden , And heard the ...
sir Walter Scott (bart.) Bards long shall tell , How Lord Walter fell ! When startled burghers fled , afar , The furies of the Border war ; When the streets of high Dunedin Saw lances gleam , and falchions redden , And heard the ...
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... bards avow , He taught that Ladye fair , Till to her bidding she could bow The viewless forms of air . And now she sits in secret bower , In old Lord David's western tower , And listens to a heavy sound , That moans the 21 CANTO I. THE ...
... bards avow , He taught that Ladye fair , Till to her bidding she could bow The viewless forms of air . And now she sits in secret bower , In old Lord David's western tower , And listens to a heavy sound , That moans the 21 CANTO I. THE ...
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... bard of Reull he slew . On Teviot's side , in fight they stood , And tuneful hands were stained with blood ; Where still the thorn's white branches wave , Memorial o'er his rival's grave . XXXV . Why should I tell the rigid doom , 134 ...
... bard of Reull he slew . On Teviot's side , in fight they stood , And tuneful hands were stained with blood ; Where still the thorn's white branches wave , Memorial o'er his rival's grave . XXXV . Why should I tell the rigid doom , 134 ...
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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