The Lay of the Last Minstrel: A PoemW. S. Orr, 1838 - 216 pages |
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... death - feud's enmity ? Can Christian lore , can patriot zeal , Can love of blessed charity ? No ! vainly to each holy shrine , In mutual pilgrimage they drew ; Implored , in vain , the grace divine For chiefs CANTO I. ] THE LAST MINSTREL .
... death - feud's enmity ? Can Christian lore , can patriot zeal , Can love of blessed charity ? No ! vainly to each holy shrine , In mutual pilgrimage they drew ; Implored , in vain , the grace divine For chiefs CANTO I. ] THE LAST MINSTREL .
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... death revenged shall be ! Then fast the mother's tears did seek To dew the infant's kindling cheek . X. All loose her negligent attire , All loose her golden hair , Hung Margaret o'er her slaughter'd sire , And wept in wild despair ...
... death revenged shall be ! Then fast the mother's tears did seek To dew the infant's kindling cheek . X. All loose her negligent attire , All loose her golden hair , Hung Margaret o'er her slaughter'd sire , And wept in wild despair ...
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... death , in 1574 , when the widow finished the building . This appears from the following inscriptions . Around a stone , bearing the arms of Scott of Buccleuch , appears the following legend : - SIR W. SCOTT , OF BRANIHEIM KNYT YOE OF ...
... death , in 1574 , when the widow finished the building . This appears from the following inscriptions . Around a stone , bearing the arms of Scott of Buccleuch , appears the following legend : - SIR W. SCOTT , OF BRANIHEIM KNYT YOE OF ...
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... death was the consequence of a feud betwixt the Scotts and Kerrs , the history of which is necessary , to explain repeated allusions in the romance . In the year 1526 , in the words of Pitscottie , " The Earl of Angus , and the rest of ...
... death was the consequence of a feud betwixt the Scotts and Kerrs , the history of which is necessary , to explain repeated allusions in the romance . In the year 1526 , in the words of Pitscottie , " The Earl of Angus , and the rest of ...
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... death , and the place of his sepulture . It seems the Lord of Mauny had , at a great tournament , unhorsed , and wounded to the death , a Gascon knight , of the house of Mirepoix , whose kinsman was bishop of Cambray . For this deed he ...
... death , and the place of his sepulture . It seems the Lord of Mauny had , at a great tournament , unhorsed , and wounded to the death , a Gascon knight , of the house of Mirepoix , whose kinsman was bishop of Cambray . For this deed he ...
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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