. The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott, baronet; ed. with a careful revision of the text. 3a 0 fc e b J?: A POExM IN SIX CANTOS. TO JOHN B. S. MORRITT, ESQ.,THIS POEM, THE SCENE OF WHICH IS LAID IN HIS BEAUTIFUL DEMESNE OF ROKEBY, IS INSCRIBED, IN TOKEN OF SINCERE FRIENDSHIP, BY WALTER SCOTT. ADVERTISEMENT. The Scene of this Poem is laid at Rokeby, near Greta Bridge, in Yorkshire, and shifts to the adjacent fortress ofBarnard Castle, and to other places in that Vicinity. The Time occupied by the Action is a space of Five Days, Three of which are supposed to elapse between the end ofthe Fifth
. The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott, baronet; ed. with a careful revision of the text. 3a 0 fc e b J?: A POExM IN SIX CANTOS. TO JOHN B. S. MORRITT, ESQ.,THIS POEM, THE SCENE OF WHICH IS LAID IN HIS BEAUTIFUL DEMESNE OF ROKEBY, IS INSCRIBED, IN TOKEN OF SINCERE FRIENDSHIP, BY WALTER SCOTT. ADVERTISEMENT. The Scene of this Poem is laid at Rokeby, near Greta Bridge, in Yorkshire, and shifts to the adjacent fortress ofBarnard Castle, and to other places in that Vicinity. The Time occupied by the Action is a space of Five Days, Three of which are supposed to elapse between the end ofthe Fifth and the beginning of the Sixth Canto. The date of the supposed events is immediately subsequent to the great Battle of Marston Moor, 3d July, period of public confusion has been chosen without any purpose of combining the Fable with the Military or Politi-cal Events of the Civil War, but only as affording a degree of probability to the Fictitious Narrative now presented tothe Public. Kokebn. CANTO FIRST. The moon is in her summer glow,But hoarse and high the breezes blow,And,
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