The Lay of the Last Minstrel: a Poem: In Six CantosD. Appleton & Company, 1844 - 92 pages |
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... lost ; Each blank , in faithless memory void , The poet's glowing thought supplied ; And , while his harp responsive rung , " Twas thus the LATEST MINSTREL sung . THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL . CANTO FIRST . INTRODUCTION . 5.
... lost ; Each blank , in faithless memory void , The poet's glowing thought supplied ; And , while his harp responsive rung , " Twas thus the LATEST MINSTREL sung . THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL . CANTO FIRST . INTRODUCTION . 5.
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... twas silence all ; He meetly stabled his steed in stall , And sought the convent's lonely wall . HERE paused the harp ; and with its swell The Master's fire and courage fell : Dejectedly , and low , he bowed , And , gazing timid on the ...
... twas silence all ; He meetly stabled his steed in stall , And sought the convent's lonely wall . HERE paused the harp ; and with its swell The Master's fire and courage fell : Dejectedly , and low , he bowed , And , gazing timid on the ...
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... twas said to me . XXIII . " Now , hie thee hence , " the Father said , 66 And , when we are on death - bed laid , O may our dear Ladye , and sweet St John , Forgive our souls for the deed we have done ! " The monk returned him to his ...
... twas said to me . XXIII . " Now , hie thee hence , " the Father said , 66 And , when we are on death - bed laid , O may our dear Ladye , and sweet St John , Forgive our souls for the deed we have done ! " The monk returned him to his ...
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... Twas said , when the Baron a hunting rode Through Reedsdale's glens , but rarely trod , He heard a voice cry , " Lost ! lost ! lost ! " And , like tennis - ball by raquet tossed , A leap , of thirty feet and three , Made from the gorse ...
... Twas said , when the Baron a hunting rode Through Reedsdale's glens , but rarely trod , He heard a voice cry , " Lost ! lost ! lost ! " And , like tennis - ball by raquet tossed , A leap , of thirty feet and three , Made from the gorse ...
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... Twas near the time of curfew bell ; The air was mild , the wind was calm , The stream was smooth , the dew was balia ; See several charms for this purpose in Reginald Scot's Dis coverie of Witchcraft , p . 273 . + This idea is taken ...
... Twas near the time of curfew bell ; The air was mild , the wind was calm , The stream was smooth , the dew was balia ; See several charms for this purpose in Reginald Scot's Dis coverie of Witchcraft , p . 273 . + This idea is taken ...
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