The lay of the last minstrel, a poem. With Ballads and lyrical pieces |
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... noble Duchess deign To listen to an old man's strain , Though stiff his hand , his voice though weak , He thought even yet , the sooth to speak , That , if she loved the harp to hear , He could make music to her ear . The humble boon ...
... noble Duchess deign To listen to an old man's strain , Though stiff his hand , his voice though weak , He thought even yet , the sooth to speak , That , if she loved the harp to hear , He could make music to her ear . The humble boon ...
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... - burn to Melrose ran , All purple with their blood ; And well she knew , her mother dread , Before Lord Cranstoun she should wed , Would see her on her dying bed . XI . Of noble race the Ladye came ; Her CANTO I , 23 THE LAST MINSTREL ,
... - burn to Melrose ran , All purple with their blood ; And well she knew , her mother dread , Before Lord Cranstoun she should wed , Would see her on her dying bed . XI . Of noble race the Ladye came ; Her CANTO I , 23 THE LAST MINSTREL ,
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sir Walter Scott (bart.) XI . Of noble race the Ladye came ; Her father was a clerk of fame , Of Bethune's line of Picardie : He learned the art , that none may name , In Padua , far beyond the sea . Men said , he changed his mortal ...
sir Walter Scott (bart.) XI . Of noble race the Ladye came ; Her father was a clerk of fame , Of Bethune's line of Picardie : He learned the art , that none may name , In Padua , far beyond the sea . Men said , he changed his mortal ...
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... noble dame , by me ; Letter nor line know I never a one , Wer't my neck - verse at Hairibee . " * * Hairibee , the place of executing the Border marauders at Carlisle . The neck - verse is the beginning of the 51st psalm , Miserere mei ...
... noble dame , by me ; Letter nor line know I never a one , Wer't my neck - verse at Hairibee . " * * Hairibee , the place of executing the Border marauders at Carlisle . The neck - verse is the beginning of the 51st psalm , Miserere mei ...
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... stay , And tend him in his doubtful state , And lead him to Branksome castle - gate : His noble mind was inly moved For the kinsman of the maid he loved . " This shalt thou do without delay ; No longer CANTO III . 77 THE LAST MINSTREL .
... stay , And tend him in his doubtful state , And lead him to Branksome castle - gate : His noble mind was inly moved For the kinsman of the maid he loved . " This shalt thou do without delay ; No longer CANTO III . 77 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