The book of British ballads . HE EVE OF ST. JOHN. This ballad —the com-position of Sir Walter Scott—was originally pub-lished in the Tales of Wonder, edited by M. The scene of the tragedy, Smaylhome,or Smallholm Tower, is situated on the northernboundary of Roxburghshire, among a cluster of wildrocks, called Sandiknow Crags. The tower is a highsquare building, surrounded by an outer wall, now ruin-ous. The circuit of the outer court, being defended onthree sides by a precipice and morass, is accessible only fromthe west by a steep and rocky path. The apartments, as usual in aBorder ke
The book of British ballads . HE EVE OF ST. JOHN. This ballad —the com-position of Sir Walter Scott—was originally pub-lished in the Tales of Wonder, edited by M. The scene of the tragedy, Smaylhome,or Smallholm Tower, is situated on the northernboundary of Roxburghshire, among a cluster of wildrocks, called Sandiknow Crags. The tower is a highsquare building, surrounded by an outer wall, now ruin-ous. The circuit of the outer court, being defended onthree sides by a precipice and morass, is accessible only fromthe west by a steep and rocky path. The apartments, as usual in aBorder keep, or fortress, are placed one above another, and communicate by anarrow stair; on the roof are two bartizans, or platforms, for defence or plea-sure. The inner door of the tower is wood, the outer an iron gate ; the dis-tance between them being nine feet, the thickness, namely, of the wall. Fromthe elevated situation of Smaylhome Tower, it is seen many miles in every the crags by which it is surrounded,
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