The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott, baronet; ed with a careful revision of the text . MARM And the bold men of Teviotdale — Before his standard was he, to vindicate his reign,Edged Alfreds falchion on the Dane,And turned the Conqueror back again,When, with his Norman bowyer band,He came to waste Northumberland. But fain Saint Hildas nuns would learnIf on a rock, by Lindisfarne,Saint Cuthbert sits, and toils to frameThe sea-born beads that bear his name :Such tales had Whitbys fishers told,And said they might his shape behold, And hear his anvil sound ;A deadened clang, — a hug
The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott, baronet; ed with a careful revision of the text . MARM And the bold men of Teviotdale — Before his standard was he, to vindicate his reign,Edged Alfreds falchion on the Dane,And turned the Conqueror back again,When, with his Norman bowyer band,He came to waste Northumberland. But fain Saint Hildas nuns would learnIf on a rock, by Lindisfarne,Saint Cuthbert sits, and toils to frameThe sea-born beads that bear his name :Such tales had Whitbys fishers told,And said they might his shape behold, And hear his anvil sound ;A deadened clang, — a huge dim but, and heard, when gathering storm And night were closing this, as tale of idle nuns of Lindisfarne disclaim. XVII. While round the fire such legends go,Far different was the scene of woeWhere, in a secret aisle was held of life and was more dark and lone, that vault, Than the worst dungeon cell ;Old Colwulf built it, for his faul*In penitence to dwell, When he for cowl and beads laid downThe Saxon battle-axe and den, w
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