The lay of the last minstrel, a poem. With Ballads and lyrical pieces |
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... Knight , and page , and household squire , Loitered through the lofty hall , Or crowded round the ample fire : The ... knights of fame Hung their shields in Branksome Hall ; Nine - and - twenty squires of name Brought them their steeds ...
... Knight , and page , and household squire , Loitered through the lofty hall , Or crowded round the ample fire : The ... knights of fame Hung their shields in Branksome Hall ; Nine - and - twenty squires of name Brought them their steeds ...
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... custom 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.
... custom 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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... knight Swore that a storm was near , And looked forth to view the night ; But the night was still and clear ! * Scaur , a precipitous bank of earth . XIV . From the sound of Teviot's tide , Chafing CANTO I 25 THE LAST MINSTREL . 25.
... knight Swore that a storm was near , And looked forth to view the night ; But the night was still and clear ! * Scaur , a precipitous bank of earth . XIV . From the sound of Teviot's tide , Chafing CANTO I 25 THE LAST MINSTREL . 25.
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... knights , in arms grown old , Share in his frolic gambols bore , Albeit their hearts , of rugged mould , Were stubborn as the steel they wore . For the gray warriors prophesied , How the brave boy , in future war , Should tame the ...
... knights , in arms grown old , Share in his frolic gambols bore , Albeit their hearts , of rugged mould , Were stubborn as the steel they wore . For the gray warriors prophesied , How the brave boy , in future war , Should tame the ...
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... knight , thou must not look ; If thou readest , thou art lorn ! Better had'st thou ne'er been born . " XXIV . " O swiftly can speed my dapple - gray steed , Which drinks of the Teviot clear ; Ere break of day , " the warrior ' gan say ...
... knight , thou must not look ; If thou readest , thou art lorn ! Better had'st thou ne'er been born . " XXIV . " O swiftly can speed my dapple - gray steed , Which drinks of the Teviot clear ; Ere break of day , " the warrior ' gan say ...
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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