Name: The Lay of the Last Minstrel — Canto Second
Author: Walter Scott

Quotes from The Lay of the Last Minstrel — Canto Second (Walter Scott)

Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel — Canto Second (1805)

“ XVII.
"Lo, warrior! now, the cross of red
Points to the grave of the mighty dead;
Within it burns a wondrous light,
To chase the spirits that love the night:
That lamp shall burn unquenchably,
Until the eternal doom shall be."
Slowly moved the Monk to the broad flag-stone,
Which the bloody cross was traced upon:
He pointed to a secret nook;
A bar from thence the warrior took;
And the Monk made a sign with his withered hand,
The grave's huge portal to expand. ”

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Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel — Canto Second (1805)

“ And voices unlike the voice of man;
As if the fiends kept holiday,
Because these spells were brought to day.
I cannot tell how the truth may be;
I say the tale as 'twas said to me.
XXIII.
"Now hie thee hence," the father said,
"And when we are on death-bed laid,
O may our dear Ladye, and sweet St John,
Forgive our souls for the deed we have done!"
The Monk returned him to his cell,
And many a prayer and penance sped;
When the convent met at the noontide bell—
The Monk of St Mary's aisle was dead! ”

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Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel — Canto Second (1805)

“ Was a fleur-de-lys, or a quatre-feuille;
The corbells [2] were carved grotesque and grim;
And the pillars, with clustered shafts so trim,
With plinth and with capital flourished around,
Seemed bundles of lances which garlands had bound. ”

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Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel — Canto Second (1805)

“ And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave;
Then go—but go alone the while—
Then view St David's ruined pile;
And, home returning, soothly swear,
Was never scene so sad and fair!
II.
Short halt did Deloraine make there;
Little recked he of the scene so fair.
With dagger's hilt, on the wicket strong,
He struck full loud, and struck full long.
The porter hurried to the gate—
"Who knocks so loud, and knocks so late?"
"From Branksome I," the warrior cried ”

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Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel — Canto Second (1805)

“ They sate them down on a marble stone
(A Scottish monarch slept below;)
Thus spoke the Monk, in solemn tone—
"I was not always a man of woe;
For Paynim countries have I trod,
And fought beneath the cross of God ”

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Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel — Canto Second (1805)

“ If thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, ”

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Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel — Canto Second (1805)

“ I cannot tell how the truth may be;
I say the tale as 'twas said to me. ”

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Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel — Canto Second (1805)

“ Strange sounds along the chancel past;
The banners waved without a blast"—
—Still spoke the Monk, when the bell tolled one!—
I tell you, that a braver man
Than William of Deloraine, good at need,
Against a foe ne'er spurred a steed ”

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Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel — Canto Second (1805)

“ Ere thus his tale again began.
↑ Aventayle, visor of the helmet. ↑ Corbells, the projections from which the arches spring, usually cut into a fantastic face, or mask. ↑ A mountain on the border of England, above Jedburgh. ↑ Wood-pigeon. ”

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