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... Ladye had gone to her secret bower ; Her bower , that was guarded by word and by spell , Deadly to hear , and deadly to tell- Jesu Maria , shield us well ! No living wight , save the Ladye alone , Had dared to cross the threshold stone ...
... Ladye had gone to her secret bower ; Her bower , that was guarded by word and by spell , Deadly to hear , and deadly to tell- Jesu Maria , shield us well ! No living wight , save the Ladye alone , Had dared to cross the threshold stone ...
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... Ladye dropped nor flower nor tear ! Vengeance deep - brooding o'er the 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 ...
... Ladye dropped nor flower nor tear ! Vengeance deep - brooding o'er the 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 ...
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... When Mathouse - burn to Melrose ran , All purple with their blood . And well she knew , her mother dread , Before lord Cranstoun she should wed , Would see her on her dying bed . XI . Of noble race the Ladye came ; Her 23.
... When Mathouse - burn to Melrose ran , All purple with their blood . And well she knew , her mother dread , Before lord Cranstoun she should wed , Would see her on her dying bed . XI . Of noble race the Ladye came ; Her 23.
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... his skill , as bards avow , He taught that Ladye fair , Till to her bidding she could bow The viewless forms of air . And now she sits in secret bower , In old Lord David's western tower , And listens to a heavy sound , That moans the 24.
... his skill , as bards avow , He taught that Ladye fair , Till to her bidding she could bow The viewless forms of air . And now she sits in secret bower , In old Lord David's western tower , And listens to a heavy sound , That moans the 24.
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... Ladye knew it well ! It was the Spirit of the Flood that spoke , And he called on the Spirit of the Fell . XV . RIVER SPIRIT . " Sleepest thou , brother ? " MOUNTAIN SPIRIT . " Brother , nay- On my hills the moon - beams play . From ...
... Ladye knew it well ! It was the Spirit of the Flood that spoke , And he called on the Spirit of the Fell . XV . RIVER SPIRIT . " Sleepest thou , brother ? " MOUNTAIN SPIRIT . " Brother , nay- On my hills the moon - beams play . From ...
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