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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... spoke with warmth of " the mysterious yet certain hope that he should see her in a better world . " - " " " Grief , " he wrote , " makes me a housekeeper , and to labor is my only re- source . Yet he had written a year or two earlier in ...
... spoke with warmth of " the mysterious yet certain hope that he should see her in a better world . " - " " " Grief , " he wrote , " makes me a housekeeper , and to labor is my only re- source . Yet he had written a year or two earlier in ...
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... spoke , And he call'd on the Spirit of the Fell . XV . RIVER SPIRIT . " Sleep'st thou , brother ? " MOUNTAIN SPIRIT . - " Brother , nay - On my hills the moon - beams play . From Craik - cross to Skelfhill - pen , By every rill , in ...
... spoke , And he call'd on the Spirit of the Fell . XV . RIVER SPIRIT . " Sleep'st thou , brother ? " MOUNTAIN SPIRIT . - " Brother , nay - On my hills the moon - beams play . From Craik - cross to Skelfhill - pen , By every rill , in ...
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... spoke of former days , And how old age , and wand'ring long , Had done his hand and harp some wrong . The Duchess , and her daughters fair , And every gentle lady there , Each after each , in due degree , Gave praises to his melody ...
... spoke of former days , And how old age , and wand'ring long , Had done his hand and harp some wrong . The Duchess , and her daughters fair , And every gentle lady there , Each after each , in due degree , Gave praises to his melody ...
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... spoke to me , on death - bed laid ; They would rend this Abbaye's massy nave , And pile it in heaps above his grave . XV . " I swore to bury his Mighty Book , That never mortal might therein look ; And never to tell where it was hid ...
... spoke to me , on death - bed laid ; They would rend this Abbaye's massy nave , And pile it in heaps above his grave . XV . " I swore to bury his Mighty Book , That never mortal might therein look ; And never to tell where it was hid ...
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... spoke , Nor mingled with the menial flock : And oft apart his arms he toss'd , And often mutter'd " Lost ! lost ! lost ! " ' He was waspish , arch , and litherlie , * But well Lord Cranstoun served he : And he of his service was full ...
... spoke , Nor mingled with the menial flock : And oft apart his arms he toss'd , And often mutter'd " Lost ! lost ! lost ! " ' He was waspish , arch , and litherlie , * But well Lord Cranstoun served he : And he of his service was full ...
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