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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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... Implored , in vain , the grace divine For chiefs , their own red falchions slew : * The war - cry , or gathering word , of a Border clan . While Cessford owns the rule of Car , While Ettrick CANTO 1 . 21 THE LAST MINSTREL .
... Implored , in vain , the grace divine For chiefs , their own red falchions slew : * The war - cry , or gathering word , of a Border clan . While Cessford owns the rule of Car , While Ettrick CANTO 1 . 21 THE LAST MINSTREL .
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sir Walter Scott (bart.) The words may not again be said , That he spoke to me , on death - bed laid ; They would rend this Abbaye's massy nave , And pile it in heaps above his grave . XV . " I swore to bury his Mighty Book , That never ...
sir Walter Scott (bart.) The words may not again be said , That he spoke to me , on death - bed laid ; They would rend this Abbaye's massy nave , And pile it in heaps above his grave . XV . " I swore to bury his Mighty Book , That never ...
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... words , and stern and high , That marked the foemen's feudal hate ; For question fierce , and proud reply , Gave signal soon of dire debate . Their very coursers seemed to know That each was other's mortal foe ; And snorted fire , when ...
... words , and stern and high , That marked the foemen's feudal hate ; For question fierce , and proud reply , Gave signal soon of dire debate . Their very coursers seemed to know That each was other's mortal foe ; And snorted fire , when ...
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... word he muttered , and no more- " Man of Age , thou smitest sore ! " - No more the Elfin Page durst try Into the wonderous Book to pry ; The clasps , though smeared with Christian gore , Shut faster than they were before . He hid it ...
... word he muttered , and no more- " Man of Age , thou smitest sore ! " - No more the Elfin Page durst try Into the wonderous Book to pry ; The clasps , though smeared with Christian gore , Shut faster than they were before . He hid it ...
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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