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... ; And he , neglected and oppressed , Wished to be with them , and at rest . No more , on prancing palfrey borne , He carolled , light as lark at morn ; No longer courted and caressed , High placed in hall INTRODUCTION. ...
... ; And he , neglected and oppressed , Wished to be with them , and at rest . No more , on prancing palfrey borne , He carolled , light as lark at morn ; No longer courted and caressed , High placed in hall INTRODUCTION. ...
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A Poem Walter Scott. No longer courted and caressed , High placed in hall , a welcome guest , He poured , to lord and lady gay , The unpremeditated lay : Old times were changed , old manners gone ; A stranger filled the Stuart's throne ...
A Poem Walter Scott. No longer courted and caressed , High placed in hall , a welcome guest , He poured , to lord and lady gay , The unpremeditated lay : Old times were changed , old manners gone ; A stranger filled the Stuart's throne ...
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... hall , Or crowded round the ample fire . The stag - hounds , weary with the chace , Lay stretched upon the rushy floor , And urged , in dreams , the forest race , From Teviot - stone to Eskdale - moor . III . Nine - and - twenty knights ...
... hall , Or crowded round the ample fire . The stag - hounds , weary with the chace , Lay stretched upon the rushy floor , And urged , in dreams , the forest race , From Teviot - stone to Eskdale - moor . III . Nine - and - twenty knights ...
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... Hall . VI . Why do these steeds stand ready dight ? Why watch these warriors , armed , by night ? They watch , to hear the blood - hound baying ; They watch , to hear the war - horn braying , To see St George's red - cross streaming ...
... Hall . VI . Why do these steeds stand ready dight ? Why watch these warriors , armed , by night ? They watch , to hear the blood - hound baying ; They watch , to hear the war - horn braying , To see St George's red - cross streaming ...
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... hall , His form no darkening shadow traced Upon the sunny wall ! XII . And of 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 ...
... hall , His form no darkening shadow traced Upon the sunny wall ! XII . And of 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 ...
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