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1 online resource (xxiii, 582 pages) portrait |
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The Cambridge edition of the poets |
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Cambridge edition of the poets.
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Two ballads from the German of Bürger: William and Helen -- The wild huntsman -- Early ballads and lyrics: The violet = -- To a lady with flowers from a Roman wall -- The erl-king, from the German of Goethe -- War-song of the royal Edinburgh light dragoons -- Song from 'Goetz von Berlichingen' -- Songs from 'the house of Aspen': I 'Joy to the victors, the sons of old Aspen' -- II 'Sweet shone the sun on the fair lake of Toro' -- III Rhein-wein lied -- Glenfinlas, or Lord Ronald's coronach -- The eve of St John -- The grey brother -- The fire-king -- Bothwell castle -- The shepherd's tale -- Cheviot -- Fredrick and Alice -- Cadyow castle -- The reiver's wedding -- Christie's will -- Thomas the rhymer -- The bard's incantation -- Hellvellyn -- The lay of the last minstrel: Canto first -- Canto second -- Canto third -- Canto Fourth -- Canto fifth -- Canto sixth -- Marmion: Atale of Flodden field: Canto first: The castle -- Canto second: The convent -- Canto third: The hostel, or inn -- Canto Fourth: The camp -- Canto fifth: The court -- Canto sixth: The battle L'Envoy -- The lady of the lake: Canto first: The chase -- Canto second: The island -- Canto third: The gathering -- Canto Fourth: The prophecy -- Canto fifth: The combat -- Canto sixth: The guard-room -- The vision of Don Roderick -- Rokeby: Canto first -- Canto second -- Canto third -- Canto Fourth -- Canto fifth -- Canto sixth -- The bridal of triermain: Canto first -- Canto second -- Canto third -- The Lord of the isles: Canto first -- Canto second -- Canto third -- Canto Fourth -- Canto fifth -- Canto sixth -- The field of Waterloo -- Harold the dauntless: Canto first -- Canto second -- Canto third -- Canto Fourth -- Canto fifth -- Canto sixth -- Miscellaneous poems: The dying bard -- The norman horse-shoe -- The maid of Toro -- The palmer -- The maid of Neidpath -- Wandering Willie -- Health to Lord Melville -- Hunting song -- Song: 'O, say not, my love' -- The resolve: Epitaph designed for a monument in Lichfield Cathedral, at the burial-place of the family of Miss Seward -- Prologue to Miss Baillie's play of 'the family legend' -- The poacher -- The bold dragoon; or, the plain of badajos -- On the massacre of Glencoe -- Song for the anniversary meeting of the pitt club of Scotland -- Lines addressed to Ranald Macdonald, esq., of staffa -- Pharos loquitur -- Letter in verse of the voyage with the commissioners of Northern Lights -- To his grace the Duke of Buccleuch -- Postscriptum -- Songs and verses from Waverley: I. 'And did ye not hear of a mirth befell' -- II. 'Late when the autumn evening fell' -- III. 'The knight's to the mountain' -- IV. 'It's up glembarchan's braes I gaed' -- V. 'Hie away, hie away' -- VI. St. Swithin's chair -- VII. 'Young men will love thee more fair and more fast' -- VIII. Flora MacIvor's song -- IX. To an oak tree -- X. 'We are bound to drive the bullocks' -- XI. 'But follow, follow me' -- For a' that an' a' that -- Farewell to Mackenzie high chief of Kintail -- Imitation of the preceding song -- War-song of Lachlan, high chief of Maclean -- Saint cloud -- The dance of death -- Romance of Dunois -- The troubadour -- 'It chanced that cupid on a season' -- Song on the lifting of the banner of the house of buccleuch at a great football match on carterhaugh -- Songs from Guy Mannering: I. 'Canny moment, lucky fit' -- II. 'Twist ye, twine ye! even so' -- III. 'Wasted, weary, wherefore stay' -- IV. 'Dark shall be light' -- Lullaby of an infant chief -- The return to Ulster -- Jock of hazeldean -- Pibroch of Donald Dhu -- Nora's vow -- Macgregor's gathering -- Verses sung at the dinner given to the Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia and his suite, 19th December, 1816 -- Verses from the antiquary: I. "He came, but valor had so fired his eye' -- II. 'Why sit'st thou by that ruined hall' -- III. Epitaph -- IV. "The herring loves the merry moon-light' -- Verses from old mortality: I. 'And what though winter will pinch severe' -- II. Verses found, with a lock of hair, in Bothwell's pocketbook -- III. Epitaph on balfour of burley -- The search after happiness -- Lines written for Miss Smith -- Mr. Kemble's farewell address on taking leave of the Edinburgh state -- The sun upon the weirdlaw hill -- Song from Rob Roy -- The monks of bangor's march -- Epilogue to 'The appeal' -- Mackrimmon's lament -- Donald Caird's come again -- Madge Wildfire's songs -- The battle of Sempach -- The noble moringer -- Epitaph on Mrs. Erskine -- Songs from the bride of Lammermoor: I. 'Look not thou on beauty's charming' -- II. 'The monk must arise when the matins king' -- III. 'When was the last laird of Ravenswood to Ravenswood shall ride' -- Songs from the legend of Montrose: I. Ancient Gaelic melody -- II. The orphan maid -- Verses from Ivanhoe: The crusader's return -- II. The barefooted friar -- III. 'Norman saw on English oak' -- IV. Ware-song -- V. Rebecca's hymn -- VI. The black knight and wamba -- VII. Another carol by the same -- VIII. Funeral hymn -- Verses from the Monastery: I. Answer to introductory epistle -- II. Border song -- III. Songs of the white lady of Avenal -- IV. To the sub-prior -- V. Halbert's incantation -- VI. To Halbert -- VII. To the same -- VIII. To the same -- IX. To Mary Avenel -- X. To Edward Glendinning -- XI. The white lady's farewell -- Goldthred's song from Kenilworth: Verses from the pirate: I. The song of the tempest -- II. Halcro's song -- III. Song of Harold Harfager -- IV. Song of the mermaids and mermen -- V. Norna's verses -- VI. Halcro and Norna -- VII. The fisherman's song -- VIII. Cleveland's songs -- IX. Halco's verses -- X. Norna's incantations -- XI. The same, at the meeting with Minna -- XII. Bryce Snailsfoot's advertisement -- 'On Ettrick forest's mountians dun' -- The maid of Isla -- Farewell to the muse -- Nigel's initiation at Whitefrairs -- ' Carle, now the king's come' -- The bannatyne club -- County guy -- Epilogue to the drama founded on 'Saint Ronan's well' -- Epilogue -- Verses from Redgauntlet: I.A catch of Cowley's altered -- II. 'As Lords their laborers' hire delay' -- Lines addressed to monsieur Alexandre, the celebrated ventriloquist -- To J.G. Lockhart, esq., on the composition of Maida's epitaph -- Songs from the betrothed: I. 'Soldier, wake!' -- II. Woman's faith -- III. 'I asked of my harp' -- IV. 'Widowed wife and wedded maid' -- Verses from the talisman: I. 'Dark ahriman, whom irak still' -- II. 'What brave chief shall head the forces' -- III. The bloody vest -- Verses from Woodstock: I. 'By pathless march, by greenwood tree' -- II. Glee for King Charles -- III. 'An hour with thee' -- IV. 'Son of a witch' -- Lines to Sir Cuthbert Sharp -- Verses from chronicles of the canongate: I. Old song -- II. The lady of poor Louise -- III. Death chant -- IV. Song of the glee-maiden -- The death of Keeldar -- The secret tribunal -- The foray -- Inscription for the monument of the Rev. George Scott -- Songs from the doom of devorgoil: I. 'The sun upon the lake' -- II. 'We love the shrill trumpet' -- III. Admire not that I gained the prize' -- IV. 'When the tempest' -- V. Bonny Dundee -- VI. 'When friends are met' -- 'Hither we come' -- The death of Don Pedro -- Lines on fortune |
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Biographical sketch: p. [xi]-xxii |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
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