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The Lady of the Lake

By: William J. Rolfe

...ady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Edited with Notes by William J. Rolfe, A.M. Formerly Head Master of the High School, Cambridge, Mass. Bosto... ...ries Publication The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott, ed. William J. Rolfe, A.M. is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por... ...sion, in any way. The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott, ed. William J. Rolfe, A.M., the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series,... ...ht bring The plumage of the raven’s wing; And seldom o’er a breast so fair Mantled a plaid with modest care, And never brooch the folds combined Above... ... And there the wild-cat’s brindled hide The frontlet of the elk adorns, Or mantles o’er the bison’s horns; Pennons and flags defaced and stained, That... ...nd and foe,— I shuddered at his brow of gloom, His shadowy plaid and sable plume; A maiden grown, I ill could bear His haughty mien and lordly air: Bu... ... bared. XXXV . Ere yet the brands aloft were flung, Margaret on Roderick’s mantle hung, And Malcolm heard his Ellen’s scream, As faltered through terr... ...ter Scott For heath-bell with her purple bloom Supplied the bonnet and the plume. All night, in this sad glen the maid Sat shrouded in her mantle’s sh... ...ade. But when, advancing through the gloom, They saw the Chieftain’s eagle plume, Their shout of welcome, shrill and wide, Shook the steep mountain’s ...

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