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... heard the slogan's * deadly yell— Then the Chief of Branksome fell . VIII . Can piety the discord heal , Or staunch the death - feud's enmity ? Can Christian lore , can patriot zeal , Can love of blessed charity ? No ! vainly to each ...
... heard the slogan's * deadly yell— Then the Chief of Branksome fell . VIII . Can piety the discord heal , Or staunch the death - feud's enmity ? Can Christian lore , can patriot zeal , Can love of blessed charity ? No ! vainly to each ...
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... heard to rave , And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave , Then go but go alone the while- Then view St David's ruined pile ; And , home returning , soothly swear , Was never scene so sad and fair ! II . Short halt did Deloraine ...
... heard to rave , And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave , Then go but go alone the while- Then view St David's ruined pile ; And , home returning , soothly swear , Was never scene so sad and fair ! II . Short halt did Deloraine ...
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... aisles they passed , They heard strange noises on the blast ; And through the cloister - galleries small , Which at mid - height thread the chancel wall , Loud sobs , and laughter louder , ran , And 58 CANTO II . THE LAY OF.
... aisles they passed , They heard strange noises on the blast ; And through the cloister - galleries small , Which at mid - height thread the chancel wall , Loud sobs , and laughter louder , ran , And 58 CANTO II . THE LAY OF.
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... heard a voice cry , " Lost ! lost ! lost ! " And , like tennis - ball by raquet tossed , A leap , of thirty feet and three , Made from the gorse this elfin shape , Distorted like some dwarfish ape , And lighted at Lord Cranstoun's knee ...
... heard a voice cry , " Lost ! lost ! lost ! " And , like tennis - ball by raquet tossed , A leap , of thirty feet and three , Made from the gorse this elfin shape , Distorted like some dwarfish ape , And lighted at Lord Cranstoun's knee ...
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... — For aye the more he sought his way , The farther still he went astray , - Until he heard the mountains round Ring to the baying of a hound . way . XV . And hark ! and hark ! the deep CANTO 111 . 83 THE LAST MINSTREL .
... — For aye the more he sought his way , The farther still he went astray , - Until he heard the mountains round Ring to the baying of a hound . way . XV . And hark ! and hark ! the deep CANTO 111 . 83 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