The Lay of the Last Minstrel: A PoemW. S. Orr, 1838 - 216 pages |
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... lost the ease Which marks security to please ; And scenes , long past , of joy and pain , Came wildering o'er his aged brain- He tried to tune his harp in vain . The pitying Duchess praised its chime , And gave him heart , and gave him ...
... lost the ease Which marks security to please ; And scenes , long past , of joy and pain , Came wildering o'er his aged brain- He tried to tune his harp in vain . The pitying Duchess praised its chime , And gave him heart , and gave him ...
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... lost ; Each blank , in faithless memory void , The poet's glowing thought supplied ; And , while his harp responsive rung , ' Twas thus the LATEST MINSTREL sung . THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL . CANTO THE FIRST THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL .
... lost ; Each blank , in faithless memory void , The poet's glowing thought supplied ; And , while his harp responsive rung , ' Twas thus the LATEST MINSTREL sung . THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL . CANTO THE FIRST THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL .
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... lost their shadow always prove the best magicians . Note XII . The viewless forms of air.-P. 9 . The Scottish vulgar , without having any very defined notion of their attributes believe in the existence of an intermediate class of ...
... lost their shadow always prove the best magicians . Note XII . The viewless forms of air.-P. 9 . The Scottish vulgar , without having any very defined notion of their attributes believe in the existence of an intermediate class of ...
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... lost the enchanting strain ; Its lightness would my age reprove : My hairs are gray , my limbs are old , My heart is ... Lost ! lost ! lost ! " And , like tennis - ball by raquet toss'd A leap , of thirty feet and three , Made from the ...
... lost the enchanting strain ; Its lightness would my age reprove : My hairs are gray , my limbs are old , My heart is ... Lost ! lost ! lost ! " And , like tennis - ball by raquet toss'd A leap , of thirty feet and three , Made from the ...
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... Lost ! lost ! lost ! " He was waspish , arch , and litherlie , But well Lord Cranstoun served he : And he of his service was full fain ; For once he had been ta'en or slain , An ' it had not been his ministry . All , between Home and ...
... Lost ! lost ! lost ! " He was waspish , arch , and litherlie , But well Lord Cranstoun served he : And he of his service was full fain ; For once he had been ta'en or slain , An ' it had not been his ministry . All , between Home and ...
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