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... Carlisle . VII . Such is the custom of Branksome Hall.- Many a valiant knight is here ; But he , the Chieftain of them all , His sword hangs rusting on the wall , Beside his broken spear . 6 Bards long shall tell , How lord Walter fell !
... Carlisle . VII . Such is the custom of Branksome Hall.- Many a valiant knight is here ; But he , the Chieftain of them all , His sword hangs rusting on the wall , Beside his broken spear . 6 Bards long shall tell , How lord Walter fell !
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... spear bestrode , And round the hall , right merrily , In mimic foray * rode . Even bearded knights , in arms grown old , Share in his frolic gambols bore , Albeit their hearts , of rugged mould , Were stubborn as the steel they wore ...
... spear bestrode , And round the hall , right merrily , In mimic foray * rode . Even bearded knights , in arms grown old , Share in his frolic gambols bore , Albeit their hearts , of rugged mould , Were stubborn as the steel they wore ...
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... spear . XXXI . In bitter mood he spurred fast , And soon the hated heath was past ; And far beneath , in lustre wan , Old Melros ' rose , and fair Tweed ran : Like some tall rock , with lichens gray , Seemed , dimly huge , the dark ...
... spear . XXXI . In bitter mood he spurred fast , And soon the hated heath was past ; And far beneath , in lustre wan , Old Melros ' rose , and fair Tweed ran : Like some tall rock , with lichens gray , Seemed , dimly huge , the dark ...
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... his courser held , And held his crested helm and spear : That Dwarf was scarcely an earthly man , If the tales were true , that of him ran Through all the Border , far and near . 7 ' Twas said , when the Baron a hunting rode 64.
... his courser held , And held his crested helm and spear : That Dwarf was scarcely an earthly man , If the tales were true , that of him ran Through all the Border , far and near . 7 ' Twas said , when the Baron a hunting rode 64.
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... spears and three . Through Douglas - burn , up Yarrow stream , Their horses prance , their lances gleam . They came to St Mary's lake ere day ; But the chapel was void , and the Baron away . They burned the chapel for very rage , And ...
... spears and three . Through Douglas - burn , up Yarrow stream , Their horses prance , their lances gleam . They came to St Mary's lake ere day ; But the chapel was void , and the Baron away . They burned the chapel for very rage , And ...
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