The Lay of the Last Minstrel: With a Memoir of the AuthorLittle, Brown and Company, 1863 - 300 pages |
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Page 47
... spear . Bards long shall tell , How Lord Walter fell ! 2 When startled burghers fled , afar , The furies of the Border war ; When the streets of high Dunedin 3 Saw lances gleam , and falchions redden , And heard the slogan's deadly yell ...
... spear . Bards long shall tell , How Lord Walter fell ! 2 When startled burghers fled , afar , The furies of the Border war ; When the streets of high Dunedin 3 Saw lances gleam , and falchions redden , And heard the slogan's deadly yell ...
Page 55
... spear bestrode , And round the hall , right merrily , In mimic foray 2 rode . Even bearded knights , in arms grown old , Share in his frolic gambols bore , Albeit their hearts of rugged mould , Were stubborn as the steel they wore . For ...
... spear bestrode , And round the hall , right merrily , In mimic foray 2 rode . Even bearded knights , in arms grown old , Share in his frolic gambols bore , Albeit their hearts of rugged mould , Were stubborn as the steel they wore . For ...
Page 61
... spear . 1 Barded , or barbed , -applied to a horse accoutred with defensive armour . 2 Halidon was an ancient seat of the Kerrs of Cessford , now demolished . About a quarter of a mile to the north- ward lay the field of battle betwixt ...
... spear . 1 Barded , or barbed , -applied to a horse accoutred with defensive armour . 2 Halidon was an ancient seat of the Kerrs of Cessford , now demolished . About a quarter of a mile to the north- ward lay the field of battle betwixt ...
Page 85
... spear . That Dwarf was scarce an earthly man , If the tales were true that of him ran Through all the Border , far and near . ' Twas said , when the Baron a - hunting rode Through Reedsdale's glens , but rarely trod , He heard a voice ...
... spear . That Dwarf was scarce an earthly man , If the tales were true that of him ran Through all the Border , far and near . ' Twas said , when the Baron a - hunting rode Through Reedsdale's glens , but rarely trod , He heard a voice ...
Page 87
... spears and three . Through Douglas - burn , up Yarrow stream , 2 Their horses prance , their lances gleam . They came to St. Mary's lake ere day ; But the chapel was void , and the Baron away . They burn'd the chapel for very rage , And ...
... spears and three . Through Douglas - burn , up Yarrow stream , 2 Their horses prance , their lances gleam . They came to St. Mary's lake ere day ; But the chapel was void , and the Baron away . They burn'd the chapel for very rage , And ...
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