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... thou , brother ? " MOUNTAIN SPIRIT . " Brother , nay- On my hills the moon - beams play . From Craik - cross to Skelfhill - pen , By every rill , in every glen , Merry elves their morrice pacing , To aërial minstrelsy , Emerald rings on ...
... thou , brother ? " MOUNTAIN SPIRIT . " Brother , nay- On my hills the moon - beams play . From Craik - cross to Skelfhill - pen , By every rill , in every glen , Merry elves their morrice pacing , To aërial minstrelsy , Emerald rings on ...
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... thou who viewest the stars , When shall cease these feudal jars ? What shall be the maiden's fate ? Who shall be the maiden's mate ? " XVII . MOUNTAIN SPIRIT . " Arthur's slow wain his course doth roll , In utter darkness round the pole ...
... thou who viewest the stars , When shall cease these feudal jars ? What shall be the maiden's fate ? Who shall be the maiden's mate ? " XVII . MOUNTAIN SPIRIT . " Arthur's slow wain his course doth roll , In utter darkness round the pole ...
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... thou come to fair Tweedside ; And in Melrose's holy pile Seek thou the Monk of St Mary's aisle . Greet the father well from me ; Say , that the fated hour is come , And to night he shall watch with thee , To win the treasure of the tomb ...
... thou come to fair Tweedside ; And in Melrose's holy pile Seek thou the Monk of St Mary's aisle . Greet the father well from me ; Say , that the fated hour is come , And to night he shall watch with thee , To win the treasure of the tomb ...
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... thou must not look ; If thou readest , thou art lorn ! Better had'st thou ne'er been born . " XXIV . " O swiftly can speed my dapple - gray steed , Which drinks of the Teviot clear ; Ere break of day , " the warrior ' gan say , 66 Again ...
... thou must not look ; If thou readest , thou art lorn ! Better had'st thou ne'er been born . " XXIV . " O swiftly can speed my dapple - gray steed , Which drinks of the Teviot clear ; Ere break of day , " the warrior ' gan say , 66 Again ...
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... XXVI . The clattering hoofs the watchmen mark ; — 66 Stand , ho ! thou courier of the dark . " * Barbican , the defence of the outer gate of a feudal castle . † Peel , a Border tower . C " For Branksome , ho ! " the knight rejoined 33.
... XXVI . The clattering hoofs the watchmen mark ; — 66 Stand , ho ! thou courier of the dark . " * Barbican , the defence of the outer gate of a feudal castle . † Peel , a Border tower . C " For Branksome , ho ! " the knight rejoined 33.
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