The Lay of the Last Minstrel: A PoemW. S. Orr, 1838 - 216 pages |
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... seen ; For he was barded * from counter to tail , And the rider was arm'd complete in mail ; Never heavier man and horse Stemm'd a midnight torrent's force . The warrior's very plume , I say , Was daggled by the dashing spray ; Yet ...
... seen ; For he was barded * from counter to tail , And the rider was arm'd complete in mail ; Never heavier man and horse Stemm'd a midnight torrent's force . The warrior's very plume , I say , Was daggled by the dashing spray ; Yet ...
Page 42
... seen , in fair Castile , The youth in glittering squadrons start ; Sudden the flying jennet wheel , And hurl the unexpected dart . He knew , by the streamers that shot so bright , That spirits were riding the northern light . IX . By a ...
... seen , in fair Castile , The youth in glittering squadrons start ; Sudden the flying jennet wheel , And hurl the unexpected dart . He knew , by the streamers that shot so bright , That spirits were riding the northern light . IX . By a ...
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... seen To meet beneath the hawthorn green . He was stately , and young , and tall ; Dreaded in battle , and loved in hall : And she , when love , scarce told , scarce hid , Lent to her cheek a livelier red : When the half sigh her ...
... seen To meet beneath the hawthorn green . He was stately , and young , and tall ; Dreaded in battle , and loved in hall : And she , when love , scarce told , scarce hid , Lent to her cheek a livelier red : When the half sigh her ...
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... seen , in fair Castile , The youth in glittering squadrons start ; Sudden the flying jennet wheel , And hurl the unexpected dart.-P. 42 . " By my faith , " sayd the Duke of Lancaster ( to a Portuguese squire ) , " of all the feates of ...
... seen , in fair Castile , The youth in glittering squadrons start ; Sudden the flying jennet wheel , And hurl the unexpected dart.-P. 42 . " By my faith , " sayd the Duke of Lancaster ( to a Portuguese squire ) , " of all the feates of ...
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... seen his horse stamp three times . The first stamp shook every steeple in Paris , and caused all the bells to ring ; the second threw down three of the towers of the palace ; and the infernal steed had lifted his hoof to give the third ...
... seen his horse stamp three times . The first stamp shook every steeple in Paris , and caused all the bells to ring ; the second threw down three of the towers of the palace ; and the infernal steed had lifted his hoof to give the third ...
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