The Lay of the Last Minstrel: A PoemW. S. Orr, 1838 - 216 pages |
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... Borders of England and Scotland . The inhabitants , living in a state partly pastoral and partly warlike , and combining habits of constant depredation with the influence of a rude spirit of chivalry , were often engaged in scenes ...
... Borders of England and Scotland . The inhabitants , living in a state partly pastoral and partly warlike , and combining habits of constant depredation with the influence of a rude spirit of chivalry , were often engaged in scenes ...
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... Border Chivalry . For , well - a - day ! their date was fled , His tuneful brethren all were dead ; And he , neglected and oppress'd , Wish'd to be with them , and at rest . No more , on prancing palfrey borne , He caroll'd , light as ...
... Border Chivalry . For , well - a - day ! their date was fled , His tuneful brethren all were dead ; And he , neglected and oppress'd , Wish'd to be with them , and at rest . No more , on prancing palfrey borne , He caroll'd , light as ...
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... Border war ; When the streets of high Dunedin Saw lances gleam , and falchions redden , And heard the slogan's deadly yell- Then the Chief of Branksome fell . VIII . Can piety the discord heal , Or staunch the death - feud's enmity ...
... Border war ; When the streets of high Dunedin Saw lances gleam , and falchions redden , And heard the slogan's deadly yell- Then the Chief of Branksome fell . VIII . Can piety the discord heal , Or staunch the death - feud's enmity ...
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... border lance by knee : Through Solway sands , through Tarras moss , Blindfold , he knew the paths to cross ; By wily turns , by desperate bounds , Had baffled Percy's best blood - hounds , In Eske , or Liddel , fords were none But he ...
... border lance by knee : Through Solway sands , through Tarras moss , Blindfold , he knew the paths to cross ; By wily turns , by desperate bounds , Had baffled Percy's best blood - hounds , In Eske , or Liddel , fords were none But he ...
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... Border marauders at Carlisle . The neck - verse is the beginning of the 51st psalm , Miserere mei , & c . anciently read by criminals claiming the benefit of clergy . + Peel , a Border tower . Dimly he view'd the moat - hill's mound ...
... Border marauders at Carlisle . The neck - verse is the beginning of the 51st psalm , Miserere mei , & c . anciently read by criminals claiming the benefit of clergy . + Peel , a Border tower . Dimly he view'd the moat - hill's mound ...
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ancient arms band bard Baron Beattisons beneath betwixt blaze blood blood-hound bold Border bower Branksome Branksome Hall Branksome's Buccleuch called CANTO castle Cessford chapel chief Clair clan courser Cranstoun crest Cumberland Dame dark dead Douglas dread Earl Earl of Angus English Eskdale Ettricke Ettricke Forest fair on Carlisle father Fawdon fell fire friends hall hand harp Hawick head heard heart highnes hill holy horse Howard Jedburgh John king Kirkwall knight lady Ladye lances lands Lord Dacre loud maid Melrose Melrose Abbey Minstrel moss-trooper Musgrave Naworth Castle ne'er never noble Note o'er pass'd ride river Ettricke rode round Roxburghshire rung sayd Scotland Scots Scottish Scottish Border Seem'd shulde slain spear spirit steed stone stood sword Teviot's Teviotdale thee Thomas Musgrave thou Tinlinn tower Twas tyme Virgilius Walter Scott warden warriors wild William of Deloraine word wound