The Lay of the Last Minstrel: a Poem: In Six CantosD. Appleton & Company, 1844 - 92 pages |
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... noble in France . The family of Bethune , or Beatoun , in Fife , produced three learned and dignified prelates ; and from it was descended Dame Janet Beaton , Lady Buccleuch , widow of Sir Walter Scott of Branksome . She was a woman or ...
... noble in France . The family of Bethune , or Beatoun , in Fife , produced three learned and dignified prelates ; and from it was descended Dame Janet Beaton , Lady Buccleuch , widow of Sir Walter Scott of Branksome . She was a woman or ...
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... noble dame , by me ; Letter nor line know I never a one , Wer't my neck - verse at Hairibee . " XXV . Soon in his saddle sate he fast , And soon the steep descent he past , Soon crossed the sounding barbican , + And soon the Teviot side ...
... noble dame , by me ; Letter nor line know I never a one , Wer't my neck - verse at Hairibee . " XXV . Soon in his saddle sate he fast , And soon the steep descent he past , Soon crossed the sounding barbican , + And soon the Teviot side ...
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... noble Dame , amid the broil , Shared the gray Seneschal's high toil , And spoke of danger with a smile ; * Tarn , a mountain Lake . + Earn , a Scottish eagle . The cairns , or piles of loose stone , which crown the summit of most of our ...
... noble Dame , amid the broil , Shared the gray Seneschal's high toil , And spoke of danger with a smile ; * Tarn , a mountain Lake . + Earn , a Scottish eagle . The cairns , or piles of loose stone , which crown the summit of most of our ...
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... noble dame ; She blushed blood - red for very shame : - " Hence ! ere the clan his faintness view ; Hence with the weakling to Buccleuch ! Watt Tinlinn , thou shalt be his guide To Rangleburn's lonely side.- Sure some fell fiend has ...
... noble dame ; She blushed blood - red for very shame : - " Hence ! ere the clan his faintness view ; Hence with the weakling to Buccleuch ! Watt Tinlinn , thou shalt be his guide To Rangleburn's lonely side.- Sure some fell fiend has ...
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... Dame , Sir Seneschal , To seek the castle's outward wall ; Our pursuivant - at - arms shall show , Both why we came , and when we go . " The message sped , the noble Dame To the walls ' outward circle came ; Each chief around leaned on ...
... Dame , Sir Seneschal , To seek the castle's outward wall ; Our pursuivant - at - arms shall show , Both why we came , and when we go . " The message sped , the noble Dame To the walls ' outward circle came ; Each chief around leaned on ...
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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