The Lay of the Last Minstrel: a Poem: In Six CantosD. Appleton & Company, 1844 - 92 pages |
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... lances gleam , and falchions redden , And heard the slogan's§ deadly yell- Then the Chief of Branksome fell . VIII . Can piety the discord heal , Or stanch the death - feud's enmity ? Can Christian lore , can patriot zeal , Can love of ...
... lances gleam , and falchions redden , And heard the slogan's§ deadly yell- Then the Chief of Branksome fell . VIII . Can piety the discord heal , Or stanch the death - feud's enmity ? Can Christian lore , can patriot zeal , Can love of ...
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... lance by knee : Through Solway sands , through Tarras moss , Blindfold , he knew the paths to cross ; By wily turns , by desperate bounds , Had baffled Percy's best blood - hounds ; + In Eske , or Liddel , fords were none , But he would ...
... lance by knee : Through Solway sands , through Tarras moss , Blindfold , he knew the paths to cross ; By wily turns , by desperate bounds , Had baffled Percy's best blood - hounds ; + In Eske , or Liddel , fords were none , But he would ...
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... lances which garlands had bound . X. Full many a scutcheon and banner , riven , Shook to the cold night - wind of heaven , Around the screened altar's pale ; And there the dying lamps did burn Before thy low and lonely urn , O gallant ...
... lances which garlands had bound . X. Full many a scutcheon and banner , riven , Shook to the cold night - wind of heaven , Around the screened altar's pale ; And there the dying lamps did burn Before thy low and lonely urn , O gallant ...
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... lances gleam . They came to St Mary's lake ere day ; But the chapel was void , and the Baron away . They burned the chapel for very rage , And cursed Lord Cranstoun's Goblin Page . * XXXIV . And now , in Branksome's good green wood , As ...
... lances gleam . They came to St Mary's lake ere day ; But the chapel was void , and the Baron away . They burned the chapel for very rage , And cursed Lord Cranstoun's Goblin Page . * XXXIV . And now , in Branksome's good green wood , As ...
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... lance , of more avail , Pierced through , like silk , the Borderer's mail Through shield , and jack , and acton , past , Deep in his bosom broke at last.- Still sate the warrior saddle - fast , Till , stumbling in the mortal shock ...
... lance , of more avail , Pierced through , like silk , the Borderer's mail Through shield , and jack , and acton , past , Deep in his bosom broke at last.- Still sate the warrior saddle - fast , Till , stumbling in the mortal shock ...
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ancient arms band banners bard Baron beneath blaze blood blood-hound bold Border bower Branksome Hall Branksome's towers brave breast breath broken lance Buccleuch CANTO Carlisle wall castle cheer chief clan coursers crest cross dark dead Douglas dread Duchess Dwarf Earl elvish English Ettrick Forest Fair Margaret fair on Carlisle feudal fight gallant Gothic architecture hand harp Hawick heard heart holy Howard iron Jedburgh knight Ladye Ladye's lance Liddesdale lofty lonely Lord Cranstoun Lord Dacre loud Melrose Michael Scott Minstrel Monk moss-trooper Musgrave ne'er noble Dame o'er pale prayed pride raven's nest ride rode Roslin round rung scarce Scotland Scott Scottish Seneschal slain song soul sound spear spur St Clair St Mary's steed stone stood stout sun shines fair sung tear tell thee thou tomb Twas Twixt warrior Watt Tinlinn wave ween wild William of Deloraine