The Lay of the Last Minstrel: With a Memoir of the AuthorLittle, Brown and Company, 1863 - 300 pages |
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Page 43
... Branksome tower , 1 And the Ladye had gone to her secret bower ; Her 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 ...
... Branksome tower , 1 And the Ladye had gone to her secret bower ; Her 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 ...
Page 45
... Branksome - Hall ; 1 Nine - and - twenty squires of name Brought them their steeds to bower from stall ; Nine - and - twenty yeomen tall Waited , duteous , on them all : They were all knights of mettle true , Kinsmen to the bold ...
... Branksome - Hall ; 1 Nine - and - twenty squires of name Brought them their steeds to bower from stall ; Nine - and - twenty yeomen tall Waited , duteous , on them all : They were all knights of mettle true , Kinsmen to the bold ...
Page 46
... Branksome - Hall . VI . Why do these steeds stand ready dight ? Why watch these warriors , arm'd , by night ? — They watch , to hear the bloodhound baying ; They watch , to hear the war - horn braying ; To see St. George's red cross ...
... Branksome - Hall . VI . Why do these steeds stand ready dight ? Why watch these warriors , arm'd , by night ? — They watch , to hear the bloodhound baying ; They watch , to hear the war - horn braying ; To see St. George's red cross ...
Page 47
... Branksome - Hall.- Many a valiant knight is here ; But he , the chieftain of them all , His sword hangs rusting on the wall , Beside his broken spear . Bards long shall tell , How Lord Walter fell ! 2 When startled burghers fled , afar ...
... Branksome - Hall.- Many a valiant knight is here ; But he , the chieftain of them all , His sword hangs rusting on the wall , Beside his broken spear . Bards long shall tell , How Lord Walter fell ! 2 When startled burghers fled , afar ...
Page 52
... Branksome's turrets round ? XIII . At the sullen , moaning sound , The ban - dogs bay and howl ; And , from the turrets round , Loud whoops the startled howl . In the hall , both squire and knight Swore that a storm was near , And ...
... Branksome's turrets round ? XIII . At the sullen , moaning sound , The ban - dogs bay and howl ; And , from the turrets round , Loud whoops the startled howl . In the hall , both squire and knight Swore that a storm was near , And ...
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