The Lay of the Last Minstrel: A PoemW. S. Orr, 1838 - 216 pages |
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... bold Buccleuch . IV . Ten of them were sheathed in steel , With belted sword , and spur on heel : They quitted not their harness bright , Neither by day , nor yet by night : They lay down to rest With corslet laced , Pillow'd on buckler ...
... bold Buccleuch . IV . Ten of them were sheathed in steel , With belted sword , and spur on heel : They quitted not their harness bright , Neither by day , nor yet by night : They lay down to rest With corslet laced , Pillow'd on buckler ...
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... bold retainer lay , And , with jocund din , among them all , Her son pursued his infant play . A fancied moss - trooper , the boy The truncheon of a spear bestrode , And round the hall , right merrily , In mimic foray rode . Even ...
... bold retainer lay , And , with jocund din , among them all , Her son pursued his infant play . A fancied moss - trooper , the boy The truncheon of a spear bestrode , And round the hall , right merrily , In mimic foray rode . Even ...
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... bold moss - trooper's road . XXIX . At the first plunge the horse sunk low , And the water broke o'er the saddle - bow ; Above the foaming tide , I ween , Scarce half the charger's neck was seen ; For he was barded * from counter to ...
... bold moss - trooper's road . XXIX . At the first plunge the horse sunk low , And the water broke o'er the saddle - bow ; Above the foaming tide , I ween , Scarce half the charger's neck was seen ; For he was barded * from counter to ...
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... Bold Deloraine his errand said ; The porter bent his humble head ; With torch in hand , and feet unshod , And noiseless step , the path he trod : The arched cloisters , far and wide , Rang to the warrior's clanking stride ; Till ...
... Bold Deloraine his errand said ; The porter bent his humble head ; With torch in hand , and feet unshod , And noiseless step , the path he trod : The arched cloisters , far and wide , Rang to the warrior's clanking stride ; Till ...
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... on the Knight look'd the Churchman old , And again he sigh'd heavily ; For he had himself been a warrior bold , And fought in Spain and Italy . And he thought on the days that were long since CANTO II . ] THE LAST MINSTREL . 41.
... on the Knight look'd the Churchman old , And again he sigh'd heavily ; For he had himself been a warrior bold , And fought in Spain and Italy . And he thought on the days that were long since CANTO II . ] THE LAST MINSTREL . 41.
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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