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... slain , Had locked the source of softer woe ; And burning pride , and high disdain , Forbade the rising tear to flow ; Until , amid his sorrowing clan , Her son lisped from the nurse's knee- " And , if I live to be a man , My father's ...
... slain , Had locked the source of softer woe ; And burning pride , and high disdain , Forbade the rising tear to flow ; Until , amid his sorrowing clan , Her son lisped from the nurse's knee- " And , if I live to be a man , My father's ...
Page 57
... slain , And neither known remorse or awe ; Yet now remorse and awe he own'd ; His breath came thick , his head swam round , When this strange scene of death he saw . Bewildered and un - nerved he stood , And the priest prayed fervently ...
... slain , And neither known remorse or awe ; Yet now remorse and awe he own'd ; His breath came thick , his head swam round , When this strange scene of death he saw . Bewildered and un - nerved he stood , And the priest prayed fervently ...
Page 66
... slain , An ' it had not been his ministry . All , between Home and Hermitage , Talked of Lord Cranstoun's Goblin Page . XXXIII . For the Baron went on pilgrimage , And took with him this elvish Page , To Mary's chapel of the Lowes : For ...
... slain , An ' it had not been his ministry . All , between Home and Hermitage , Talked of Lord Cranstoun's Goblin Page . XXXIII . For the Baron went on pilgrimage , And took with him this elvish Page , To Mary's chapel of the Lowes : For ...
Page 110
... vassals there their lord had slain . * The feudal superior , in certain cases , was entitled to the best horse of the vassal , in name of Heriot , or Herezeld . 1 Sore he plied both whip and spur , As he 110 CANTO IV . THE LAY OF.
... vassals there their lord had slain . * The feudal superior , in certain cases , was entitled to the best horse of the vassal , in name of Heriot , or Herezeld . 1 Sore he plied both whip and spur , As he 110 CANTO IV . THE LAY OF.
Page 116
... the urchin ran and laughed , But faster still a cloth - yard shaft Whistled from startled Tinlinn's yew , And pierced his shoulder through and through . Although the imp might not be slain , And though 116 CANTO IV . THE LAY OF.
... the urchin ran and laughed , But faster still a cloth - yard shaft Whistled from startled Tinlinn's yew , And pierced his shoulder through and through . Although the imp might not be slain , And though 116 CANTO IV . THE LAY OF.
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