The lay of the last minstrel, a poem. With Ballads and lyrical pieces |
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Page 92
... blaze of war ! Scarce could she draw her tightened breath , For well she knew the fire of death ! XXVI . The Warder viewed it blazing strong , And blew his war - note loud and long , Till , at the high and haughty sound , Rock , wood ...
... blaze of war ! Scarce could she draw her tightened breath , For well she knew the fire of death ! XXVI . The Warder viewed it blazing strong , And blew his war - note loud and long , Till , at the high and haughty sound , Rock , wood ...
Page 93
... blaze , Our kin , and clan , and friends , to raise . " - Bale , beacon - faggot . ↑ Mount for Branksome was the gathering word of the Scotts : XXVIII . Fair Margaret , from the turret head , CANTO III . 93 THE LAST MINSTREL .
... blaze , Our kin , and clan , and friends , to raise . " - Bale , beacon - faggot . ↑ Mount for Branksome was the gathering word of the Scotts : XXVIII . Fair Margaret , from the turret head , CANTO III . 93 THE LAST MINSTREL .
Page 101
... The glaring bale - fires blaze no more ; No longer steel - clad warriors ride Along thy wild and willowed shore ; Where'er thou wind'st by dale or hill , All , all is peaceful , all is still , As if thy waves , since Time was born ,
... The glaring bale - fires blaze no more ; No longer steel - clad warriors ride Along thy wild and willowed shore ; Where'er thou wind'st by dale or hill , All , all is peaceful , all is still , As if thy waves , since Time was born ,
Page 137
... wakes at praise , And strives to trim the short - lived blaze . Smiled then , well - pleased , the Aged Man , And thus his tale continued ran . THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL . CANTO FIFTH . CANTO IV . 137 THE LAST MINSTREL .
... wakes at praise , And strives to trim the short - lived blaze . Smiled then , well - pleased , the Aged Man , And thus his tale continued ran . THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL . CANTO FIFTH . CANTO IV . 137 THE LAST MINSTREL .
Page 197
... blaze was seen to gleam ; ' Twas broader than the watch - fire light , And redder than the bright moon - beam It glared on Roslin's castled rock , It ruddied all the copse - wood glen ; ' Twas seen from Dreyden's groves of oak , And ...
... blaze was seen to gleam ; ' Twas broader than the watch - fire light , And redder than the bright moon - beam It glared on Roslin's castled rock , It ruddied all the copse - wood glen ; ' Twas seen from Dreyden's groves of oak , 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