The Lay of the Last Minstrel: a Poem: In Six CantosD. Appleton & Company, 1844 - 92 pages |
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... Walter Scott. Sagrado Some by Creat If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright , Go visit it by the pale moonlight ; For the gay beams of lightsome day Cl , but to front , the ruins gray . " Princeton University TE THE LAST ALAS POEM , EX ...
... Walter Scott. Sagrado Some by Creat If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright , Go visit it by the pale moonlight ; For the gay beams of lightsome day Cl , but to front , the ruins gray . " Princeton University TE THE LAST ALAS POEM , EX ...
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... pale beam . Tell me , thou , who viewest the stars , When shall cease these feudal jars ? What shall be the maiden's fate ? Who shall be the maiden's mate ? " XVII . MOUNTAIN SPIRIT . " Arthur's slow wain his course doth roll , In utter ...
... pale beam . Tell me , thou , who viewest the stars , When shall cease these feudal jars ? What shall be the maiden's fate ? Who shall be the maiden's mate ? " XVII . MOUNTAIN SPIRIT . " Arthur's slow wain his course doth roll , In utter ...
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... pale moonlight ; For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild , but to flout , the ruins gray . When the broken arches are black in night , And each shafted oriel glimmers white ; When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined ...
... pale moonlight ; For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild , but to flout , the ruins gray . When the broken arches are black in night , And each shafted oriel glimmers white ; When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined ...
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... pale ; And there the dying lamps did burn Before thy low and lonely urn , O gallant Chief of Otterburne , † And thine , dark Knight of Liddesdale ! + O fading honours of the dead ! O high ambition , lowly laid ! XI . The moon on the ...
... pale ; And there the dying lamps did burn Before thy low and lonely urn , O gallant Chief of Otterburne , † And thine , dark Knight of Liddesdale ! + O fading honours of the dead ! O high ambition , lowly laid ! XI . The moon on the ...
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... pale and faint , Showed many a prophet , and many a saint , Whose image on the glass was dyed ; Full in the midst , his Cross of Red Triumphant Michael brandished , And trampled the Apostate's pride . The moon - beam kissed the holy ...
... pale and faint , Showed many a prophet , and many a saint , Whose image on the glass was dyed ; Full in the midst , his Cross of Red Triumphant Michael brandished , And trampled the Apostate's pride . The moon - beam kissed the holy ...
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