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... song , who only sur- rendered Newark upon condition of being made hereditary sheriff of the forest . A long ballad , containing an account of this trans- action , is preserved in the Border Minstrelsy . ' Upon the mar- riage of James IV ...
... song , who only sur- rendered Newark upon condition of being made hereditary sheriff of the forest . A long ballad , containing an account of this trans- action , is preserved in the Border Minstrelsy . ' Upon the mar- riage of James IV ...
Page 39
... song were lost ; Each blank , in faithless memory void , The poet's glowing thought supplied ; And , while his harp responsive rung , ' Twas thus the LATEST MINSTREL sung . THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL . CANTO FIRST . INTRODUCTION 39.
... song were lost ; Each blank , in faithless memory void , The poet's glowing thought supplied ; And , while his harp responsive rung , ' Twas thus the LATEST MINSTREL sung . THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL . CANTO FIRST . INTRODUCTION 39.
Page 79
... song . The attending maidens smiled to see How long , how deep , how zealously , The precious juice the Minstrel quaff'd ; And he , embolden'd by the draught , Look'd gaily back to them , and laugh'd . The cordial nectar of the bowl ...
... song . The attending maidens smiled to see How long , how deep , how zealously , The precious juice the Minstrel quaff'd ; And he , embolden'd by the draught , Look'd gaily back to them , and laugh'd . The cordial nectar of the bowl ...
Page 92
... Song 26 . To wound an antagonist in the thigh , or leg , was reckoned contrary to the law of arms . In a tilt betwixt Gawain Michael , an English squire , and Joachim Cathore , a Frenchman , “ they met at the speare poyntes rudely : the ...
... Song 26 . To wound an antagonist in the thigh , or leg , was reckoned contrary to the law of arms . In a tilt betwixt Gawain Michael , an English squire , and Joachim Cathore , a Frenchman , “ they met at the speare poyntes rudely : the ...
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... Song ; And marvel much , in helpless age , So hard should be his pilgrimage . Had he no friend - no daughter dear , His wandering toil to share and cheer ; No son to be his father's stay , And guide him on the rugged way ? 66 " Ay ...
... Song ; And marvel much , in helpless age , So hard should be his pilgrimage . Had he no friend - no daughter dear , His wandering toil to share and cheer ; No son to be his father's stay , And guide him on the rugged way ? 66 " Ay ...
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