. The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott, baronet; ed. with a careful revision of the text. Within thy walls, Saint Bride!An aged sister sought the cellAssigned to Lady Isabel, And hurriedly she cried, Haste, gentle Lady, haste ! — there waitsA noble stranger at the gates;Saint Brides poor votaress neer has seenA knight of such a princely mien;His errand, as he bade me tell,Is with the Lady princess rose, — for on her kneeLow bent she told her rosary, — Let him by thee his purpose teach ;I ma} not give a stranger speech. — Saint Bride forefend, thou royal maid ! His stature, manly,

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. The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott, baronet; ed. with a careful revision of the text. Within thy walls, Saint Bride!An aged sister sought the cellAssigned to Lady Isabel, And hurriedly she cried, Haste, gentle Lady, haste ! — there waitsA noble stranger at the gates;Saint Brides poor votaress neer has seenA knight of such a princely mien;His errand, as he bade me tell,Is with the Lady princess rose, — for on her kneeLow bent she told her rosary, — Let him by thee his purpose teach ;I ma} not give a stranger speech. — Saint Bride forefend, thou royal maid ! His stature, manly, bold, and tall,Built like a castles battled wall,Yet moulded in such just giant-strength seems lightsome as the tendrils of the vineHis locks upon his forehead save where some touch of grayHas taen the youthful hue and war their rougher traceHave left on that majestic face ; —But t is his dignity of eye !There, if a suppliant, would I , mid danger, wrongs, and sympathy, redress, relief —That glance, if gu

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