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... spear . Bards long shall tell , How lord Walter fell ! When startled burghers fled , afar , The furies of the Border war ; When the streets of high Dunedin Saw lances gleam , and falchions redden , And heard the slogan's deadly yell ...
... spear . Bards long shall tell , How lord Walter fell ! When startled burghers fled , afar , The furies of the Border war ; When the streets of high Dunedin Saw lances gleam , and falchions redden , And heard the slogan's deadly yell ...
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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 . For ...
... 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 . For ...
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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 Abbaye ...
... 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 Abbaye ...
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... spear : That Dwarf was scarce an earthly man , If the tales were true , that of him ran Through all the Border , far and near . " Twas said , when the Baron a - hunting rode Through Reedsdale's glens , but rarely trod , He heard a voice ...
... spear : That Dwarf was scarce an earthly man , If the tales were true , that of him ran Through all the Border , far and near . " Twas said , when the Baron a - hunting rode Through Reedsdale's glens , but rarely trod , He heard a voice ...
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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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