The Lay of the Last Minstrel: a Poem: In Six CantosD. Appleton & Company, 1844 - 92 pages |
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... 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 cross the threshold stone ...
... 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 cross the threshold stone ...
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... Ladye dropped nor flower nor tear ! Vengeance , deep - brooding o'er the slain , Had locked the source of softer woe ; And burning pride , and high disdain , Forbade the rising tear to flow ; Until , amid his sorrowing clan , Her son ...
... Ladye dropped nor flower nor tear ! Vengeance , deep - brooding o'er the slain , Had locked the source of softer woe ; And burning pride , and high disdain , Forbade the rising tear to flow ; Until , amid his sorrowing clan , Her son ...
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... Ladye came ; Her father was a clerk of fame , Of Bethune's line of Picardie : + He learned the art , that none may name , In Padua , far beyond the sea . Men said , he changed his mortal frame By feat of magic mystery ; For when , in ...
... Ladye came ; Her father was a clerk of fame , Of Bethune's line of Picardie : + He learned the art , that none may name , In Padua , far beyond the sea . Men said , he changed his mortal frame By feat of magic mystery ; For when , in ...
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... Ladye fair , Till to her bidding she could bow The viewless forms of air . * And now she sits in secret bower , In old Lord David's western tower , And listens to a heavy sound , That moans the mossy turrets round . Is it the roar of ...
... Ladye fair , Till to her bidding she could bow The viewless forms of air . * And now she sits in secret bower , In old Lord David's western tower , And listens to a heavy sound , That moans the mossy turrets round . Is it the roar of ...
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... Ladye's bower , And it rung in the Ladye's ear . She raised her stately head , And her heart throbbed high with pride : - " Your mountains shall bend , And your streams ascend , Ere Margaret be our foeman's bride ! ” XIX . The Ladye ...
... Ladye's bower , And it rung in the Ladye's ear . She raised her stately head , And her heart throbbed high with pride : - " Your mountains shall bend , And your streams ascend , Ere Margaret be our foeman's bride ! ” XIX . The Ladye ...
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