The lay of the last minstrel, a poem. With Ballads and lyrical pieces |
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... steed ; Spare not to spur , nor stint to ride , Until thou come to fair Tweedside ; And in Melrose's holy pile Seek thou the Monk of St Mary's aisle . Greet the father well from me ; Say , that the fated hour is come , And to - night he ...
... steed ; Spare not to spur , nor stint to ride , Until thou come to fair Tweedside ; And in Melrose's holy pile Seek thou the Monk of St Mary's aisle . Greet the father well from me ; Say , that the fated hour is come , And to - night he ...
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... steed , Which drinks of the Teviot clear ; Ere break of day , " the warrior ' gan say , Again will I be here : And safer by none may thy errand be done , Than , noble dame , by me ; Letter nor line know I never a one , Wer't my neck ...
... steed , Which drinks of the Teviot clear ; Ere break of day , " the warrior ' gan say , Again will I be here : And safer by none may thy errand be done , Than , noble dame , by me ; Letter nor line know I never a one , Wer't my neck ...
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... steed ; Drew saddle - girth and corslet - band , And loosened in the sheath his brand . On Minto - crags the moon - beams glint , Where Barnhill hewed his bed of flint ; Who flung his outlawed limbs to rest , Where falcons hang their ...
... steed ; Drew saddle - girth and corslet - band , And loosened in the sheath his brand . On Minto - crags the moon - beams glint , Where Barnhill hewed his bed of flint ; Who flung his outlawed limbs to rest , Where falcons hang their ...
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... steed , In vain ! no torrent , deep or broad , Might bar the bold moss - trooper's road . XXIX . At the first plunge the horse sunk low , And the water broke o'er the saddle - bow ; Above the foaming tide , I ween , Scarce half 5 CANTO ...
... steed , In vain ! no torrent , deep or broad , Might bar the bold moss - trooper's road . XXIX . At the first plunge the horse sunk low , And the water broke o'er the saddle - bow ; Above the foaming tide , I ween , Scarce half 5 CANTO ...
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... steed in stall , And sought the convent's lonely wall . HERE paused the harp and with its swell The Master's fire and courage fell : Dejectedly , and low , he bowed , And , gazing timid on the crowd , He seemed to seek , in every eye ...
... steed in stall , And sought the convent's lonely wall . HERE paused the harp and with its swell The Master's fire and courage fell : Dejectedly , and low , he bowed , And , gazing timid on the crowd , He seemed to seek , in every eye ...
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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