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... , The souls of mighty chiefs in battle slain , Whose bones , unburied on the desert shore , Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore . " benevolence , gave more the idea of an angelic visitant LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL . 19.
... , The souls of mighty chiefs in battle slain , Whose bones , unburied on the desert shore , Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore . " benevolence , gave more the idea of an angelic visitant LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL . 19.
Page 44
... Chief of Branksome fell . VIII . Can piety the discord heal , Or stanch the death - feud's enmity ! Can Christian ... chiefs , their own red falchions slew : While Cessford owns the rule of Carr , While Ettrick boasts the line of Scott ...
... Chief of Branksome fell . VIII . Can piety the discord heal , Or stanch the death - feud's enmity ! Can Christian ... chiefs , their own red falchions slew : While Cessford owns the rule of Carr , While Ettrick boasts the line of Scott ...
Page 46
... chief . Hence the distinction betwixt Kerrs of Cessford and Fairnihirst . " The Cranstouns , Lord Cranstoun , are an ancient Border family , whose chief seat was at Crailing , in Teviotdale . They were at this time at feud with the clan ...
... chief . Hence the distinction betwixt Kerrs of Cessford and Fairnihirst . " The Cranstouns , Lord Cranstoun , are an ancient Border family , whose chief seat was at Crailing , in Teviotdale . They were at this time at feud with the clan ...
Page 62
... Chiefs had in battle stood . To fence the rights of fair Melrose ; And lands and livings , many a rood , Had gifted the shrine for their souls ' repose . * III . Bold Deloraine his errand said ; The porter bent his humble head ; With ...
... Chiefs had in battle stood . To fence the rights of fair Melrose ; And lands and livings , many a rood , Had gifted the shrine for their souls ' repose . * III . Bold Deloraine his errand said ; The porter bent his humble head ; With ...
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... Chief of Otterburne " 1 And thine , dark Knight of Liddesdale ! * O fading honours of the dead ! O high ambition , lowly laid ! XI . The moon on the east oriel shone3 Through slender shafts of shapely stone , 1 The famous and desperate ...
... Chief of Otterburne " 1 And thine , dark Knight of Liddesdale ! * O fading honours of the dead ! O high ambition , lowly laid ! XI . The moon on the east oriel shone3 Through slender shafts of shapely stone , 1 The famous and desperate ...
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ancient Appendix arms band Bard Baron beneath betwixt blaze blood blood-hound Border Branksome Branksome Hall Branksome's Buccleuch called CANTO castle chapel Clair clan courser Cranstoun Cumberland Dame dead death Douglas dread Duke Earl English Eskdale Ettrick Ettrick Forest fair on Carlisle fight friends Froissart hall hand Harden harp Hawick head heard heart highnes horse Howard James Jedburgh King knight Ladye lances lands LAST MINSTREL Liddesdale Lord Dacre Margaret Melrose Melrose Abbey Michael Scott Mickledale Minstrelsy moss-trooper Musgrave Naworth Castle ne'er noble Note o'er pass'd poem pray'd ride rode Roslin round rung sayd Scotland Scots Scottish Scottish Border Seem'd shulde Sir Walter Sir Walter Scott Sir William slain song spear spirit steed stone stood sword Teviot's Teviotdale thee theyre Thomas Musgrave thou Tinlinn tomb tower tyme Virgilius Walter Scott warriors wild William of Deloraine wound