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... arms had stood , 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 ...
... arms had stood , 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 ...
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... arms grown old , Share in his frolic gambols bore , Albeit their hearts , of rugged mould , Were stubborn as the steel they wore . For the gray warriors prophesied , How the brave boy , in future war , Should tame the Unicorn's pride ...
... arms grown old , Share in his frolic gambols bore , Albeit their hearts , of rugged mould , Were stubborn as the steel they wore . For the gray warriors prophesied , How the brave boy , in future war , Should tame the Unicorn's pride ...
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... of woe ; For Paynim countries I have trod , And fought beneath the Cross of God ; Now , strange to my eyes thine arms appear , And their iron clang sounds strange to luy ear . XIII . " In these far climes , it was LAST MINSTREL 19.
... of woe ; For Paynim countries I have trod , And fought beneath the Cross of God ; Now , strange to my eyes thine arms appear , And their iron clang sounds strange to luy ear . XIII . " In these far climes , it was LAST MINSTREL 19.
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... arms he tossed , And often muttered , " Lost ! lost ! lost ! " He was waspish , arch , and litherlie , But well Lord Cranstoun served he : And he of his service was full fain ; For once he had been ta'en or slain , An ' it had not been ...
... arms he tossed , And often muttered , " Lost ! lost ! lost ! " He was waspish , arch , and litherlie , But well Lord Cranstoun served he : And he of his service was full fain ; For once he had been ta'en or slain , An ' it had not been ...
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... arms ; And still , in age , he spurned at rest , And still his brows the helmet pressed , Albeit the blanched locks below Were white as Dinlay's spotless snow ; Five stately warriors drew the sword Before their father's band ; A braver ...
... arms ; And still , in age , he spurned at rest , And still his brows the helmet pressed , Albeit the blanched locks below Were white as Dinlay's spotless snow ; Five stately warriors drew the sword Before their father's band ; A braver ...
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