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Page 59
... fight nor flee ; For when the Red - Cross spied he , The boy strove lung and violently . " Now , by St George , " the archer cries . " Edward , methinks we have a prize ! This boy's fair face , and courage free , Show he is come of high ...
... fight nor flee ; For when the Red - Cross spied he , The boy strove lung and violently . " Now , by St George , " the archer cries . " Edward , methinks we have a prize ! This boy's fair face , and courage free , Show he is come of high ...
Page 69
... fight , in dark array , By Conrad led of Wolfenstein , Who brought the band from distant Rhine , And sold their blood for foreign pay . The camp their home , their law the sword , They knew no country , own'd no lord : They were not arm ...
... fight , in dark array , By Conrad led of Wolfenstein , Who brought the band from distant Rhine , And sold their blood for foreign pay . The camp their home , their law the sword , They knew no country , own'd no lord : They were not arm ...
Page 74
... fight ; and , if he gain , He gains for us ; but if he's cross'd , ' Tis but a single warrior lost : The rest ... fight ; A gauntlet at their feet he laid , And thus the terms of fight he said : - " If in the lists good Musgrave's sword ...
... fight ; and , if he gain , He gains for us ; but if he's cross'd , ' Tis but a single warrior lost : The rest ... fight ; A gauntlet at their feet he laid , And thus the terms of fight he said : - " If in the lists good Musgrave's sword ...
Page 75
... fight they stood , And tuneful hands were stain'd with blood ; Where still the thorn's white branches wave , Memorial o'er his rival's grave . XXXV . Why should I tell the rigid doom , That dragg'd my master to his tomb ; ' How ...
... fight they stood , And tuneful hands were stain'd with blood ; Where still the thorn's white branches wave , Memorial o'er his rival's grave . XXXV . Why should I tell the rigid doom , That dragg'd my master to his tomb ; ' How ...
Page 77
... , On many a courteous message went ; To every chief and lord they paid Meet thanks for prompt and powerful aid ; And told them , -how a truce was made , And how a day of fight was ta'en " Twixt ΟΑΝΤΟ Γ . 77 THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL .
... , On many a courteous message went ; To every chief and lord they paid Meet thanks for prompt and powerful aid ; And told them , -how a truce was made , And how a day of fight was ta'en " Twixt ΟΑΝΤΟ Γ . 77 THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL .
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