The Lay of the Last Minstrel: a Poem: In Six CantosD. Appleton & Company, 1844 - 92 pages |
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Page 88
... Roslin's bowers young Harold came , Where , by sweet glen and greenwood tree , He learned a milder minstrelsy ; Yet something of the Northern spell Mixed with the softer numbers well . XXIII . HAROLD . O listen , listen , ladies gay ...
... Roslin's bowers young Harold came , Where , by sweet glen and greenwood tree , He learned a milder minstrelsy ; Yet something of the Northern spell Mixed with the softer numbers well . XXIII . HAROLD . O listen , listen , ladies gay ...
Page 89
... Roslin all that dreary night A wonderous blaze was seen to gleam ; ' Twas broader than the watch - fire light , And redder than the bright moon - beam . It glared on Roslin's castled rock , It ruddied all the copse - wood glen ; ' Twas ...
... Roslin all that dreary night A wonderous blaze was seen to gleam ; ' Twas broader than the watch - fire light , And redder than the bright moon - beam . It glared on Roslin's castled rock , It ruddied all the copse - wood glen ; ' Twas ...
Page 90
... Roslin's barons bold Lie buried within that proud chapelle ; Each one the holy vault doth hold- But the sea holds ... Roslin is still in tolerabie preservation . It was founded in 1446 by William St Clair , Prince of Orkney , & c . , & c ...
... Roslin's barons bold Lie buried within that proud chapelle ; Each one the holy vault doth hold- But the sea holds ... Roslin is still in tolerabie preservation . It was founded in 1446 by William St Clair , Prince of Orkney , & c . , & c ...
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