The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott ...Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1861 - 460 pages |
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... spear . Bards long shall tell , How Lord Walter fell ! 5 When startled burghers fled , afar , The furies of the Border war ; When the streets of high Dunedin * Saw lances gleam 20 CANTO 1 . THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL .
... spear . Bards long shall tell , How Lord Walter fell ! 5 When startled burghers fled , afar , The furies of the Border war ; When the streets of high Dunedin * Saw lances gleam 20 CANTO 1 . THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL .
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... fell . VIII . Can piety the discord heal , Or staunch the death - feud's enmity ? Can Christian lore , can patriot zeal , Can love of blessed charity ? No ! vainly to each holy shrine , In mutual pilgrimage , they drew ; Implored , in ...
... fell . VIII . Can piety the discord heal , Or staunch the death - feud's enmity ? Can Christian lore , can patriot zeal , Can love of blessed charity ? No ! vainly to each holy shrine , In mutual pilgrimage , they drew ; Implored , in ...
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... Fell . XV . RIVER SPIRIT . 66 ' Sleep'st thou , brother ? " - MOUNTAIN SPIRIT . " Brother , nay - On my hills the moonbeams play . From Craik - cross to Skelfhill pen , By every rill , in every glen , Merry elves their morris pacing ...
... Fell . XV . RIVER SPIRIT . 66 ' Sleep'st thou , brother ? " - MOUNTAIN SPIRIT . " Brother , nay - On my hills the moonbeams play . From Craik - cross to Skelfhill pen , By every rill , in every glen , Merry elves their morris pacing ...
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... fell ; Dejectedly , and low , he bow'd , And , gazing timid on the crowd , He seem'd to seek , in every eye , If they approved his minstrelsy ; And , diffident of present praise , Somewhat he spoke of former days , And how old age , and ...
... fell ; Dejectedly , and low , he bow'd , And , gazing timid on the crowd , He seem'd to seek , in every eye , If they approved his minstrelsy ; And , diffident of present praise , Somewhat he spoke of former days , And how old age , and ...
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Walter Scott. With bar of iron heaved amain , Till the toil - drops fell from his brows , like rain . It was by dint of passing strength , That he moved the massy stone at length . I would you had been there , to see How the light broke ...
Walter Scott. With bar of iron heaved amain , Till the toil - drops fell from his brows , like rain . It was by dint of passing strength , That he moved the massy stone at length . I would you had been there , to see How the light broke ...
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ancient arms band battle battle of Flodden beneath blood blood-hound bold Border bower brand Branksome Branksome Hall Branksome's brave breast broadsword brow CANTO castle Chief Chieftain clan courser crest Dame dark deep Deloraine Douglas dread e'er Earl Earl of Angus Ellen Ettrick Forest fair falchion fear fell fight fire Fitz-Eustace Flodden gallant glance glen grace Græme grey hall hand harp hear heard heart heaven Highland hill holy horse James King knight lady Ladye lake lance land Lindisfarne Loch Katrine lone look'd Lord Marmion loud maid mark'd merry Minstrel moss-trooper mountain ne'er noble NOTE o'er pass'd poem pride proud rock Roderick Dhu rose round rude rung Saint Saint Hilda Saxon scarce Scotland Scott Scottish seem'd show'd sire snood sought sound spear squire steed stood sword tale thee thine thou tide tower Twas warriors wave ween wild