The Lay of the Last Minstrel: A PoemW. S. Orr, 1838 - 216 pages |
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... 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- Then the Chief of Branksome fell . VIII . Can piety ...
... 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- Then the Chief of Branksome fell . VIII . Can piety ...
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... Fell . XV . RIVER SPIRIT . Sleep'st thou , brother ? " MOUNTAIN SPIRIT . - " Brother , nay- On my hills the moonbeams play . From Craig - cross to Skelfhill pen , By every rill , in every glen , Merry elves their morrice pacing , To ...
... Fell . XV . RIVER SPIRIT . Sleep'st thou , brother ? " MOUNTAIN SPIRIT . - " Brother , nay- On my hills the moonbeams play . From Craig - cross to Skelfhill pen , By every rill , in every glen , Merry elves their morrice pacing , To ...
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... fell : Dejectedly , and low , he bow'd , And , gazing timid on the crowd , Halidon - hill , on which the battle of Melrose was fought . Lauds , the midnight service of the Catholic church . C He seem'd to seek in every eye If they ...
... fell : Dejectedly , and low , he bow'd , And , gazing timid on the crowd , Halidon - hill , on which the battle of Melrose was fought . Lauds , the midnight service of the Catholic church . C He seem'd to seek in every eye If they ...
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... fell.-P. 7 . Sir Walter Scott of Buccleuch succeeded to his grandfather , Sir David , in 1492. He was a brave and powerful baron , and warden of the west marches of Scotland . His death was the consequence of a feud betwixt the Scotts ...
... fell.-P. 7 . Sir Walter Scott of Buccleuch succeeded to his grandfather , Sir David , in 1492. He was a brave and powerful baron , and warden of the west marches of Scotland . His death was the consequence of a feud betwixt the Scotts ...
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... fell from his brows , like rain . It was by dint of passing strength That he moved the massy stone at length . I would you had been there , to see How the light broke forth se gloriously , Stream'd upward to the chancel roof , And ...
... fell from his brows , like rain . It was by dint of passing strength That he moved the massy stone at length . I would you had been there , to see How the light broke forth se gloriously , Stream'd upward to the chancel roof , And ...
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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