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... warriors of Buccleuch : And , would the noble Duchess deign To listen to an old man's strain , Though stiff his hand ... warrior . And then , he said , he would full fain 35 LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL .
... warriors of Buccleuch : And , would the noble Duchess deign To listen to an old man's strain , Though stiff his hand ... warrior . And then , he said , he would full fain 35 LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL .
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... warriors , arm'd , by night ? They watch to hear the bloodhound baying ; They watch , to hear the war - horn braying ; To see Saint George's red cross streaming ; To see the midnight beacon gleaming ; They watch against Southron force ...
... warriors , arm'd , by night ? They watch to hear the bloodhound baying ; They watch , to hear the war - horn braying ; To see Saint George's red cross streaming ; To see the midnight beacon gleaming ; They watch against Southron force ...
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... warrior's bloody bier The Ladye dropp'd nor flower nor tear ! Vengeance , deep brooding o'er the slain , Had lock'd the source of softer woe ; And burning pride , and high disdain , Forbade the rising tear to flow ; Until , amid his ...
... warrior's bloody bier The Ladye dropp'd nor flower nor tear ! Vengeance , deep brooding o'er the slain , Had lock'd the source of softer woe ; And burning pride , and high disdain , Forbade the rising tear to flow ; Until , amid his ...
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... warrior , concerning whom many stories are current in Roxburghshire . The Duke of Roxburghe represents Kerr of Cessford . A distinct and powerful branch of the same name own the Marquis of Lothian as their chief . Hence the distinction ...
... warrior , concerning whom many stories are current in Roxburghshire . The Duke of Roxburghe represents Kerr of Cessford . A distinct and powerful branch of the same name own the Marquis of Lothian as their chief . Hence the distinction ...
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... warriors prophesied , How the brave boy , in future war , Should tame the Unicorn's pride , ' Exalt the Crescent and the Star . " XX . The Ladye forgot her purpose high , One moment , and no more ; One moment gazed with a mother's eye ...
... warriors prophesied , How the brave boy , in future war , Should tame the Unicorn's pride , ' Exalt the Crescent and the Star . " XX . The Ladye forgot her purpose high , One moment , and no more ; One moment gazed with a mother's eye ...
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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