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... lances gleam , and falchions redden , And 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 ...
... lances gleam , and falchions redden , And 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 ...
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... lance by knee : Through Solway sands , through Tarras moss , Blindfold , he knew the paths to cross ; By wily turns , by desperate bounds , Had baffled Percy's best blood - hounds ; In Eske , or Liddel , fords were none , But he would ...
... lance by knee : Through Solway sands , through Tarras moss , Blindfold , he knew the paths to cross ; By wily turns , by desperate bounds , Had baffled Percy's best blood - hounds ; In Eske , or Liddel , fords were none , But he would ...
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... lances which garlands had bound . X. Full many a scutcheon and banner , riven , Shook to the cold night - wind of heaven , # Corbells , the projections from which the arches spring , usually cut in a fantastic face , or mask . D 1 ...
... lances which garlands had bound . X. Full many a scutcheon and banner , riven , Shook to the cold night - wind of heaven , # Corbells , the projections from which the arches spring , usually cut in a fantastic face , or mask . D 1 ...
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... lances gleam . They came to St Mary's lake ere day ; But the chapel was void , and the Baron away . They burned the chapel for very rage , And cursed Lord Cranstoun's Goblin - Page . XXXIV . And now , in Branksome's good green wood , As ...
... lances gleam . They came to St Mary's lake ere day ; But the chapel was void , and the Baron away . They burned the chapel for very rage , And cursed Lord Cranstoun's Goblin - Page . XXXIV . And now , in Branksome's good green wood , As ...
Page 76
... spear , so stout and true , Into a thousand flinders flew . But Cranstoun's lance , of more avail , Pierced through , like silk , the Borderer's mail ; Through shield , and jack , and acton past , 76 CANTO III . THE LAY OF.
... spear , so stout and true , Into a thousand flinders flew . But Cranstoun's lance , of more avail , Pierced through , like silk , the Borderer's mail ; Through shield , and jack , and acton past , 76 CANTO III . THE LAY OF.
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