The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Containing Lay of the Last Minstrel, Marmion, Lady of the Lake, Don Roderick, Rokeby, Ballads, Lyrics, and Songs. With a Life of the AuthorD. Appleton, 1894 - 647 pages |
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... fight nor flee ; For when the Red - Cross spied he , The boy strove long and violently . Now , by St. George , " the archer cries , Edward , methinks we have a prize ! This boy's fair face , and courage free , Show he is come of high ...
... fight nor flee ; For when the Red - Cross spied he , The boy strove long and violently . Now , by St. George , " the archer cries , Edward , methinks we have a prize ! This boy's fair face , and courage free , Show he is come of high ...
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... fight ; Not even the Flower of Yarrow's charms , In youth , might tame his rage for arms ; And still , in age , he spurn'd at rest , And still his brows the helmet press'd , Albeit the blanched locks below Were white as Dinlay's ...
... fight ; Not even the Flower of Yarrow's charms , In youth , might tame his rage for arms ; And still , in age , he spurn'd at rest , And still his brows the helmet press'd , Albeit the blanched locks below Were white as Dinlay's ...
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... fight , in dark array , By Conrad led of Wolfenstein , Who brought the band from distant Rhine , And sold their blood for foreign pay . The camp their home , their law the sword , They knew no country , own'd no lord : They were not arm ...
... fight , in dark array , By Conrad led of Wolfenstein , Who brought the band from distant Rhine , And sold their blood for foreign pay . The camp their home , their law the sword , They knew no country , own'd no lord : They were not arm ...
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... fight , and , if he gain , He gains for us ; but if he's cross'd , ' Tis but a single warrior lost : The rest ... fight ; A gauntlet at their feet he laid , And thus the terms of fight he said : " If in the lists good Musgrave's sword ...
... fight , and , if he gain , He gains for us ; but if he's cross'd , ' Tis but a single warrior lost : The rest ... fight ; A gauntlet at their feet he laid , And thus the terms of fight he said : " If in the lists good Musgrave's sword ...
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... fight to see , And deign , in love and courtesy , To taste of Branksome cheer . Nor , while they bade to feast each Scot , Were England's noble lords forgot . Himself , the hoary Seneschal , Rode forth , in seemly terms to call Those ...
... fight to see , And deign , in love and courtesy , To taste of Branksome cheer . Nor , while they bade to feast each Scot , Were England's noble lords forgot . Himself , the hoary Seneschal , Rode forth , in seemly terms to call Those ...
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