The Lay of the Last Minstrel: a Poem: In Six CantosD. Appleton & Company, 1844 - 92 pages |
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... breath came thick , his head swam round , When this strange scene of death he saw . Bewildered and unnerved he stood , And the priest prayed fervently , and loud : With eyes averted prayed he ; He might not endure the sight to see , Of ...
... breath came thick , his head swam round , When this strange scene of death he saw . Bewildered and unnerved he stood , And the priest prayed fervently , and loud : With eyes averted prayed he ; He might not endure the sight to see , Of ...
Page 42
... breath ; For well she knew the fire of death ! XXVI , The warder viewed it blazing strong , And blew his war - note loud and long , Till , at the high and haughty sound , Rock , wood , and river , rung around . The blast alarmed the ...
... breath ; For well she knew the fire of death ! XXVI , The warder viewed it blazing strong , And blew his war - note loud and long , Till , at the high and haughty sound , Rock , wood , and river , rung around . The blast alarmed the ...
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... breath can fan its fires : Their drooping fancy wakes at praise , And strives to trim the short - lived blaze . Smiled then , well - pleased , the Aged Man , And thus his tale continued ran . CANTO FIFTH . I. CALL it not vain : -they do ...
... breath can fan its fires : Their drooping fancy wakes at praise , And strives to trim the short - lived blaze . Smiled then , well - pleased , the Aged Man , And thus his tale continued ran . CANTO FIFTH . I. CALL it not vain : -they do ...
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... breath , Whose memory feels a second death . The maid's pale shade , who wails her lot , That love , true love , should be forgot , From rose and hawthorn shakes the tear Upon the gentle minstrel's bier : The phantom knight , his glory ...
... breath , Whose memory feels a second death . The maid's pale shade , who wails her lot , That love , true love , should be forgot , From rose and hawthorn shakes the tear Upon the gentle minstrel's bier : The phantom knight , his glory ...
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... breath the silence broke , Till thus the alternate heralds spoke : XIX . ENGLISH HERALD . Here standeth Richard of Musgrave , Good knight and true , and freely born , Amends from Deloraine to crave , For foul despiteous scathe and scorn ...
... breath the silence broke , Till thus the alternate heralds spoke : XIX . ENGLISH HERALD . Here standeth Richard of Musgrave , Good knight and true , and freely born , Amends from Deloraine to crave , For foul despiteous scathe and scorn ...
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