Marmion: A Tale of Flodden FieldJ. Ballantyne and Company, 1808 - 377 pages |
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... Dame Ganore's grace to move , ( Alas ! that lawless was their love ) He sought proud Tarquin in his den , And freed full sixty knights ; or when , A sinful man , and unconfessed , He took the Sangreal's holy quest , And , slumbering ...
... Dame Ganore's grace to move , ( Alas ! that lawless was their love ) He sought proud Tarquin in his den , And freed full sixty knights ; or when , A sinful man , and unconfessed , He took the Sangreal's holy quest , And , slumbering ...
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... say , Why does thy lovely lady gay Disdain to grace the hall to - day ? Or has that dame , so fair and sage , Gone on some pious pilgrimage ? " — He spoke in covert scorn , for fame Whispered light 38 CANTO I. MARMION .
... say , Why does thy lovely lady gay Disdain to grace the hall to - day ? Or has that dame , so fair and sage , Gone on some pious pilgrimage ? " — He spoke in covert scorn , for fame Whispered light 38 CANTO I. MARMION .
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... dame . XVII . Unmarked , at least unrecked , the taunt , Careless the Knight replied , " No bird , whose feathers gaily flaunt , Delights in cage to bide : Norham is grim , and grated close , Hemmed in by battlement and fosse , And many ...
... dame . XVII . Unmarked , at least unrecked , the taunt , Careless the Knight replied , " No bird , whose feathers gaily flaunt , Delights in cage to bide : Norham is grim , and grated close , Hemmed in by battlement and fosse , And many ...
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... the Tweed , To teach Dame Alison her creed . Old Bughtrig found him with his wife ; And John , an enemy to strife , Sans frock and hood , fled for his life . 1 " The jealous churl hath deeply swore , That , if CANTO I. 43 THE CASTLE .
... the Tweed , To teach Dame Alison her creed . Old Bughtrig found him with his wife ; And John , an enemy to strife , Sans frock and hood , fled for his life . 1 " The jealous churl hath deeply swore , That , if CANTO I. 43 THE CASTLE .
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... dame in sooth ; Though vain of her religious sway , She loved to see her maids obey , Yet nothing stern was she in cell , And the nuns loved their Abbess well . Sad was this voyage to the dame ; Summoned to Lindisfarn , she came , F ...
... dame in sooth ; Though vain of her religious sway , She loved to see her maids obey , Yet nothing stern was she in cell , And the nuns loved their Abbess well . Sad was this voyage to the dame ; Summoned to Lindisfarn , she came , F ...
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