The Lay of the Last Minstrel: A PoemW. S. Orr, 1838 - 216 pages |
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... hall , a welcome guest , He pour'd , to lord and lady gay , The unpremeditated lay : Old times were changed , old manners gone , A stranger fill'd the Stuarts ' throne ; The bigots of the iron time Had call'd his harmless art a crime ...
... hall , a welcome guest , He pour'd , to lord and lady gay , The unpremeditated lay : Old times were changed , old manners gone , A stranger fill'd the Stuarts ' throne ; The bigots of the iron time Had call'd his harmless art a crime ...
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... hall , Or crowded round the ample fire : The stag - hounds , weary with the chase , Lay stretch'd upon the rushy floor , And urged , in dreams , the forest race , From Teviot - stone to Eskdale - moor . III . 1 Nine - and - twenty ...
... hall , Or crowded round the ample fire : The stag - hounds , weary with the chase , Lay stretch'd upon the rushy floor , And urged , in dreams , the forest race , From Teviot - stone to Eskdale - moor . III . 1 Nine - and - twenty ...
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... Hall ; Nine - and - twenty squires of name Brought them their steeds from bower to stall ; Nine - and - twenty yeomen tall Waited , duteous , on them all ; They were all knights of mettle true , Kinsmen to the bold Buccleuch . IV . Ten ...
... Hall ; Nine - and - twenty squires of name Brought them their steeds from bower to stall ; Nine - and - twenty yeomen tall Waited , duteous , on them all ; They were all knights of mettle true , Kinsmen to the bold Buccleuch . IV . Ten ...
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... Hall .-— Many a valiant knight is here ; But he , the Chieftain of them all , His sword hangs rusting on the wall , Beside his broken spear . Bards long shall tell , How Lord Walter fell ! When startled burghers fled afar , The furies ...
... Hall .-— Many a valiant knight is here ; But he , the Chieftain of them all , His sword hangs rusting on the wall , Beside his broken spear . Bards long shall tell , How Lord Walter fell ! When startled burghers fled afar , The furies ...
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... hall , His form no darkening shadow traced Upon the sunny wall ! XII . And of his skill , as bards avow , He taught that Ladye fair , Till to her bidding she could bow The viewless forms of air . And now she sits in secret bower , In ...
... hall , His form no darkening shadow traced Upon the sunny wall ! XII . And of his skill , as bards avow , He taught that Ladye fair , Till to her bidding she could bow The viewless forms of air . And now she sits in secret bower , In ...
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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