The Lay of the Last Minstrel: a Poem: In Six CantosD. Appleton & Company, 1844 - 92 pages |
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... Knight , and page , and household squire , Loitered through the lofty hall , Or crowded round the ample fire . The stag - hounds , weary with the chase , Lay stretched upon the rushy floor , In the reign of James I. Sir William Scott ...
... Knight , and page , and household squire , Loitered through the lofty hall , Or crowded round the ample fire . The stag - hounds , weary with the chase , Lay stretched upon the rushy floor , In the reign of James I. Sir William Scott ...
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... knights of fame Hung their shields in Branksome Hall ; * Nine - and - twenty squires of name . 7 Brought them their steeds from bower to stall ; Nine - and - twenty yeomen tall Waited , duteous , on them a They were all knights of ...
... knights of fame Hung their shields in Branksome Hall ; * Nine - and - twenty squires of name . 7 Brought them their steeds from bower to stall ; Nine - and - twenty yeomen tall Waited , duteous , on them a They were all knights of ...
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... knight is here ; But he , the Chieftain of them all , His sword hangs rusting on the wall , Beside his broken spear . Bards long shall tell , How lord Walter fell ! + When startled burghers fled , afar , The furies of the Border war ...
... knight is here ; But he , the Chieftain of them all , His sword hangs rusting on the wall , Beside his broken spear . Bards long shall tell , How lord Walter fell ! + When startled burghers fled , afar , The furies of the Border war ...
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... knight Swore that a storm was near , And looked forth to view the night ; But the night was still and clear ! XIV . From the sound of Teviot's tide , Chafing with the mountain's side , From the groan of the wind - swung oak , From the ...
... knight Swore that a storm was near , And looked forth to view the night ; But the night was still and clear ! XIV . From the sound of Teviot's tide , Chafing with the mountain's side , From the groan of the wind - swung oak , From the ...
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... knights , in arms grown old , Share in his frolic gambols bore , Albeit their hearts , of rugged mould , Were stubborn as the steel they wore . For the gray warriors prophesied , How the brave boy , in future war , Should tame the ...
... knights , in arms grown old , Share in his frolic gambols bore , Albeit their hearts , of rugged mould , Were stubborn as the steel they wore . For the gray warriors prophesied , How the brave boy , in future war , Should tame the ...
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