The Lay of the Last Minstrel: a Poem: In Six CantosD. Appleton & Company, 1844 - 92 pages |
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... bold Buccleuch . IV Ten of them were sheathed in steel , With belted sword , and spur on heel : They quitted not their harness bright , Neither by day , nor yet by night : They lay down to rest With corslet laced , Pillowed on buckler ...
... bold Buccleuch . IV Ten of them were sheathed in steel , With belted sword , and spur on heel : They quitted not their harness bright , Neither by day , nor yet by night : They lay down to rest With corslet laced , Pillowed on buckler ...
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... bold retainer lay , And , with jocund din , among them all , Her son pursued his infant play . A fancied moss - trooper , the boy * The truncheon of a spear bestrode , ' And round the hall , right merrily , In mimic foray rode . Even ...
... bold retainer lay , And , with jocund din , among them all , Her son pursued his infant play . A fancied moss - trooper , the boy * The truncheon of a spear bestrode , ' And round the hall , right merrily , In mimic foray rode . Even ...
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... bold moss - trooper's road . XXIX . At the first plunge the horse sunk low , And the water broke o'er the saddle - bow ; Above the foaming tide , I ween , Scarce half the charger's neck was seen ; For he was barded * from counter to ...
... bold moss - trooper's road . XXIX . At the first plunge the horse sunk low , And the water broke o'er the saddle - bow ; Above the foaming tide , I ween , Scarce half the charger's neck was seen ; For he was barded * from counter to ...
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... Bold Deloraine his errand said ; The porter bent his humble head ; With torch in hand , and feet unshod , And noiseless step , the path he trod ; The arched cloisters , far and wide , Rang to the warrior's clanking stride ; Till ...
... Bold Deloraine his errand said ; The porter bent his humble head ; With torch in hand , and feet unshod , And noiseless step , the path he trod ; The arched cloisters , far and wide , Rang to the warrior's clanking stride ; Till ...
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... bold , And fought in Spain and Italy . And he thought on the days that were long since by , When his limbs were strong , and his courage was Now , slow and faint , he led the way , Where , cloistered round , the garden lay ; The ...
... bold , And fought in Spain and Italy . And he thought on the days that were long since by , When his limbs were strong , and his courage was Now , slow and faint , he led the way , Where , cloistered round , the garden lay ; The ...
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