The Lay of the Last Minstrel: a Poem: In Six CantosD. Appleton & Company, 1844 - 92 pages |
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... bards was he , Who sung of Border chivalry ; For , well - a - day ! their date was fled , His tuneful brethren all were dead ; And he , neglected and oppressed , Wished to be with them , and at rest . No more , on prancing palfrey borne ...
... bards was he , Who sung of Border chivalry ; For , well - a - day ! their date was fled , His tuneful brethren all were dead ; And he , neglected and oppressed , Wished to be with them , and at rest . No more , on prancing palfrey borne ...
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... Bards long shall tell , How lord Walter fell ! + When startled burghers fled , afar , The furies of the Border war ; When the streets of high Dunedin Saw lances gleam , and falchions redden , And heard the slogan's§ deadly yell- Then ...
... Bards long shall tell , How lord Walter fell ! + When startled burghers fled , afar , The furies of the Border war ; When the streets of high Dunedin Saw lances gleam , and falchions redden , And heard the slogan's§ deadly yell- Then ...
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... crosses the hall so speedily , that the arch enemy can only apprehend his shadow . Those , who have thus lost their shadow , always prove the best magicians . XII . And of his skill , as bards avow 10 [ CANTC 1 LAY OF THE.
... crosses the hall so speedily , that the arch enemy can only apprehend his shadow . Those , who have thus lost their shadow , always prove the best magicians . XII . And of his skill , as bards avow 10 [ CANTC 1 LAY OF THE.
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In Six Cantos Walter Scott. XII . And of his skill , as bards avow , He taught that 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 ...
In Six Cantos Walter Scott. XII . And of his skill , as bards avow , He taught that 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 ...
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... bard of Reull he slew . On Teviot's side , in fight , they stood , And tuneful hands were stained with blood ; Where still the thorn's white branches wave , Memorial o'er his rival's grave . XXXII . Why should I tell the rigid doom ...
... bard of Reull he slew . On Teviot's side , in fight , they stood , And tuneful hands were stained with blood ; Where still the thorn's white branches wave , Memorial o'er his rival's grave . XXXII . Why should I tell the rigid doom ...
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