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sir Walter Scott (bart.) THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL . CANTO FIRST . I. THE feast was over in Branksome tower , ་ And the Ladye had gone to her secret bower ; Her bower that was guarded by word and by spell , Deadly to hear and deadly ...
sir Walter Scott (bart.) THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL . CANTO FIRST . I. THE feast was over in Branksome tower , ་ And the Ladye had gone to her secret bower ; Her bower that was guarded by word and by spell , Deadly to hear and deadly ...
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... both fleet and wight , Stood saddled in stable day and night , Barbed with frontlet of steel , I trow , And with Jedwood - axe at saddle - bow ; A hundred more fed free in stall Such was the CANTO I. 19 THE LAST MINSTREL .
... both fleet and wight , Stood saddled in stable day and night , Barbed with frontlet of steel , I trow , And with Jedwood - axe at saddle - bow ; A hundred more fed free in stall Such was the CANTO I. 19 THE LAST MINSTREL .
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... Implored , in vain , the grace divine For chiefs , their own red falchions slew : * The war - cry , or gathering word , of a Border clan . While Cessford owns the rule of Car , While Ettrick CANTO 1 . 21 THE LAST MINSTREL .
... Implored , in vain , the grace divine For chiefs , their own red falchions slew : * The war - cry , or gathering word , of a Border clan . While Cessford owns the rule of Car , While Ettrick CANTO 1 . 21 THE LAST MINSTREL .
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... ran , All purple with their blood ; And well she knew , her mother dread , Before Lord Cranstoun she should wed , Would see her on her dying bed . XI . Of noble race the Ladye came ; Her CANTO I , 23 THE LAST MINSTREL ,
... ran , All purple with their blood ; And well she knew , her mother dread , Before Lord Cranstoun she should wed , Would see her on her dying bed . XI . Of noble race the Ladye came ; Her CANTO I , 23 THE LAST MINSTREL ,
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... knight Swore that a storm was near , And looked forth to view the night ; But the night was still and clear ! * Scaur , a precipitous bank of earth . XIV . From the sound of Teviot's tide , Chafing CANTO I 25 THE LAST MINSTREL . 25.
... knight Swore that a storm was near , And looked forth to view the night ; But the night was still and clear ! * Scaur , a precipitous bank of earth . XIV . From the sound of Teviot's tide , Chafing CANTO I 25 THE LAST MINSTREL . 25.
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ancient arms band bard Baron Beattisons beneath betwixt blaze blood blood-hound Border Branksome Branksome Hall Branksome's Buccleuch bugle called CANTO castle Cessford chapel chief clan courser cross Cumberland dæmons Dame dead Douglas dread Duke Earl Earl of Angus Eildon Hills English Eskdale Ettricke Ettricke Forest fair on Carlisle Fawdon fight hall hand harp heard heart highnes hill horse Howard James Jedburgh king Kirkwall knight Ladye laird of Buccleuch lances lands LAST MINSTREL Liddesdale Lord Dacre Melrose Michael Scott MINSTREL moss-trooper Musgrave Naworth Castle ne'er noble Note o'er ride rode Roslin round rung sayd Scotland Scots Scottish Scottish Border shew shulde Sir William slain song spear St Clair steed stone stood sun shines fair sword Teviot's Teviotdale thee theyme theyre Thomas Musgrave thou Tinlinn tower Twas tyme Virgilius warden warriors ween wild William of Deloraine word wound