The Lay of the Last Minstrel: a Poem: In Six CantosD. Appleton & Company, 1844 - 92 pages |
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... 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 , of Buccleuch , chief of the clan bearing that name , exchanged ...
... 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 , of Buccleuch , chief of the clan bearing that name , exchanged ...
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... lofty hall , Where many a 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 ...
... lofty hall , Where many a 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 ...
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... lofty crest , He entered the cell of the ancient priest , And lifted his barred aventayle , + To hail the Monk of St Mary's aisle . IV . " The Ladye of Branksome greets thee by me ; Says , that the fated hour is come , And that to ...
... lofty crest , He entered the cell of the ancient priest , And lifted his barred aventayle , + To hail the Monk of St Mary's aisle . IV . " The Ladye of Branksome greets thee by me ; Says , that the fated hour is come , And that to ...
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... lofty , and light , and small ; The key - stone , that locked each ribbed aisle . Was a fleur - de - lys , or a quatre - feuille ; The corbells were carved grotesque and grim ; And the pillars , with clustered shafts so trim , With base ...
... lofty , and light , and small ; The key - stone , that locked each ribbed aisle . Was a fleur - de - lys , or a quatre - feuille ; The corbells were carved grotesque and grim ; And the pillars , with clustered shafts so trim , With base ...
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... lofty Branksome's lordly hall , Divided square by shafts of stone , Huge flakes of ruddy lustre shone ; Nor less the gilded rafters rang With merry harp and beakers ' clang ; And frequent , on the darkening plain , Loud hollo , whoop ...
... lofty Branksome's lordly hall , Divided square by shafts of stone , Huge flakes of ruddy lustre shone ; Nor less the gilded rafters rang With merry harp and beakers ' clang ; And frequent , on the darkening plain , Loud hollo , whoop ...
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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