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... bower that was guarded by word and by spell , Deadly to hear and deadly to tell- Jesu Maria , shield us well ! No living wight , save the Ladye alone , Had dared to cross the threshold stone . B II . The tables were drawn , it was idlesse.
... bower that was guarded by word and by spell , Deadly to hear and deadly to tell- Jesu Maria , shield us well ! No living wight , save the Ladye alone , Had dared to cross the threshold stone . B II . The tables were drawn , it was idlesse.
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... stone to Eskdale - moor . III . Nine - and - twenty knights of fame Hung their shields in Branksome Hall ; Nine - and - twenty squires of name Brought them their steeds from bower to stall ; Nine - and - twenty yeomen tall Waited ...
... stone to Eskdale - moor . III . Nine - and - twenty knights of fame Hung their shields in Branksome Hall ; Nine - and - twenty squires of name Brought them their steeds from bower to stall ; Nine - and - twenty yeomen tall Waited ...
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... My breast , in belt of iron pent , With shirt of hair and scourge of thorn ; For threescore years , in penance pent , My knees those flinty stones have worn ; Yet all too little to atone For knowing what should 46 CANTO II . THE LAY OF.
... My breast , in belt of iron pent , With shirt of hair and scourge of thorn ; For threescore years , in penance pent , My knees those flinty stones have worn ; Yet all too little to atone For knowing what should 46 CANTO II . THE LAY OF.
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... stone , that locked each ribbed aisle , Was a fleur - de - lys , or a quatre - feuille ; * The corbells were carved grotesque and grim ; And the pillars , with clustered shafts so trim , With base and with capital flourished around ...
... stone , that locked each ribbed aisle , Was a fleur - de - lys , or a quatre - feuille ; * The corbells were carved grotesque and grim ; And the pillars , with clustered shafts so trim , With base and with capital flourished around ...
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... stone , By foliaged tracery combined ; Thou would'st have thought some fairy's hand ' Twixt poplars straight the ozier wand , In many a freakish knot , had twined ; Then framed a spell , when the work was done , And changed the willow ...
... stone , By foliaged tracery combined ; Thou would'st have thought some fairy's hand ' Twixt poplars straight the ozier wand , In many a freakish knot , had twined ; Then framed a spell , when the work was done , And changed the willow ...
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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