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... thee on the wightest 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 ...
... thee on the wightest 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 ...
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sir Walter Scott (bart.) XXIII . " What he gives thee , see thou keep ; Stay not thou for food or sleep : Be it scroll , or be it book , Into it , knight , thou must not look ; If thou readest , thou art lorn ! Better had'st thou ne'er ...
sir Walter Scott (bart.) XXIII . " What he gives thee , see thou keep ; Stay not thou for food or sleep : Be it scroll , or be it book , Into it , knight , thou must not look ; If thou readest , thou art lorn ! Better had'st thou ne'er ...
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... thee to live and die ; When distant Tweed is heard to rave , And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave , Then go but go alone the while- Then view St David's ruined pile ; And , home returning , soothly swear , Was never scene so ...
... thee to live and die ; When distant Tweed is heard to rave , And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave , Then go but go alone the while- Then view St David's ruined pile ; And , home returning , soothly swear , Was never scene so ...
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... the cell of the ancient priest , And lifted his barred aventayle , * To hail the Monk of St Mary's aisle . * Aventayle , visor of the helmet . IV . " The Ladye of Branksome greets thee by CANTO II . 45 THE LAST MINSTREL .
... the cell of the ancient priest , And lifted his barred aventayle , * To hail the Monk of St Mary's aisle . * Aventayle , visor of the helmet . IV . " The Ladye of Branksome greets thee by CANTO II . 45 THE LAST MINSTREL .
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... thee by me ; Says , that the fated hour is come , And that to - night I shall watch with thee , To win the treasure of the tomb . " - From sackcloth couch the Monk arose , With toil his stiffened limbs he reared ; A hundred years had ...
... thee by me ; Says , that the fated hour is come , And that to - night I shall watch with thee , To win the treasure of the tomb . " - From sackcloth couch the Monk arose , With toil his stiffened limbs he reared ; A hundred years had ...
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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