The Lay of the Last Minstrel: a Poem: In Six CantosD. Appleton & Company, 1844 - 92 pages |
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... slain by the Kerrs in the streets of Edinburgh , in 1552. This is the event alluded to in Stanza VII .; and the poem is supposed to open shortly after it had taken place . Edinbargh . ยง The war - cry , or gathering word , of a Border ...
... slain by the Kerrs in the streets of Edinburgh , in 1552. This is the event alluded to in Stanza VII .; and the poem is supposed to open shortly after it had taken place . Edinbargh . ยง The war - cry , or gathering word , of a Border ...
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... slain , Had locked the source of softer woe ; And burning pride , and high disdain , Forbade the rising tear to flow ; Until , amid his sorrowing clan , Her son lisped from the nurse's knee- " And , if I live to be a man , 66 My ...
... slain , Had locked the source of softer woe ; And burning pride , and high disdain , Forbade the rising tear to flow ; Until , amid his sorrowing clan , Her son lisped from the nurse's knee- " And , if I live to be a man , 66 My ...
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... slain in the action . He was buried at Melrose beneath the high altar . William Douglas , called the knight of Liddesdale , flourished during the reign of David II .; and was so distinguished by his valour , that he was called the ...
... slain in the action . He was buried at Melrose beneath the high altar . William Douglas , called the knight of Liddesdale , flourished during the reign of David II .; and was so distinguished by his valour , that he was called the ...
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... slain , And neither known remorse or awe ; Yet now remorse and awe he own'd ; His breath came thick , his head swam round , When this strange scene of death he saw . Bewildered and unnerved he stood , And the priest prayed fervently ...
... slain , And neither known remorse or awe ; Yet now remorse and awe he own'd ; His breath came thick , his head swam round , When this strange scene of death he saw . Bewildered and unnerved he stood , And the priest prayed fervently ...
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... slain , An ' it had not been his ministry . All , between Home and Hermitage , Talked of Lord Cranstoun's Goblin Page . XXXIIL For the Baron went on pilgrimage , And took with him this elvish Page , To Mary's chapel of the Lowes : For ...
... slain , An ' it had not been his ministry . All , between Home and Hermitage , Talked of Lord Cranstoun's Goblin Page . XXXIIL For the Baron went on pilgrimage , And took with him this elvish Page , To Mary's chapel of the Lowes : For ...
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