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Dark on their journey loured the gloomy day,
494.

Dark shall be light, 425.

Dear John, I some time ago wrote to inform
his, 475.

Death distant? - No, alas! he's ever with us,
498.

Death finds us mid our play-things-snatches
us, 501.

Deeds are done on earth, 506.

Dim burns the once bright star of Avenel, 457.
Dinas Emlinn, lament; for the moment is nigh,
399.

Dire was his thought who first in poison steeped,
493.

Donald Caird 's come again, 440.

Dust unto dust, 453.

Dwellers of the mountain, rise, 461.

Emblem of England's ancient faith, 417.
Enchantress, farewell, who so oft has decoyed
me, 467.

Fair Brussels, thou art far behind, 363.
Fair is the damsel, passing fair, 506.
Far as the eye could reach no tree was seen, 494.
Far in the bosom of the deep, 410.
Fare thee well, thou Holly green! 458.
Farewell! farewell! the voice you hear, 464.
Farewell, merry maidens, to song and to laugh,
463.

Farewell to Mackenneth, great Earl of the
North, 419.

Farewell to Northmaven, 460.

Farewell to the land where the clouds love to
rest, 494.

Fathoms deep beneath the wave, 461.
Fearest thou to go with me? 456.

For all our men were very very merry, 473.
For leagues along the watery way, 461.
Forget thee! No! my worthy fere! 481.
Fortune, my Foe, why dost thou frown on me ?
488.

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Fortune, you say, flies from us -She but circles,

493.

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Hail to thy cold and clouded beam, 239.
Happy thou art! then happy be, 494.
Hark! the bells summon and the bugle calls.
498.

Hark to the insult loud, the bitter sneer, 500.
Harp of the North, farewell! The hills grow
dark, 208.

Harp of the North! that mouldering long hast
hung, 156.

Hawk and osprey screamed for joy, 382.
He came amongst them like a new-raised spirit
503.
but valor had so fired his eye, 429.
He is gone on the mountain, 177.

He came

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He strikes no coin, 't is true, but coins new
phrases, 496.

He was a fellow in a peasant's garb, 502.

He was a man Versed in the world as pilot in
his compass, 498.

He was a son of Egypt, as he told me, 503.
He, whose heart for vengeance sued, 458.
Health to the chieftain from his clansman true!
411.

Hear what Highland Nora said, 427.

Heaven knows its time; the bullet has its billet
508.

Heir lyeth John o' ye Girnell, 429.
Henry and King Pedro clasping, 487.
Here come we to our close

lows, 504.

for that which fol

Here has been such a stormy encounter, 492.
Here is a father now, 494.

Here lies the volume thou hast boldly sought
456.

Here lyes ane saint to prelates surly, 431.
Here's a weapon now, 507.

Here stand I tight and trim, 503.

Here stands the victim - there the proud be-
trayer, 499.

Here we have one head, 506.

Here, youth, thy foot unbrace, 507.

Hie away, hie away, 414.

High deeds achieved of knightly fame, 449.

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High feasting was there there the gilded
roofs, 503.

High o'er the eastern steep the sun is beaming,
499.

His talk was of another world - his bodements,
508.

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I knew Anselmo. He was shrewd and prudent
492.

I'll give thee, good fellow, a twelvemonth or
twain, 450.

I'll walk on tiptoe; arm my eye with caution,
496.

I'm Madge of the country, I'm Madge of the
town, 441.

I see thee yet, fair France - thou favored land,
503.

I strive like to the vessel in the tide-way, 499.
I was a wild and wayward boy, 267.
I was one, 506.

If you fail honor here, 492.

Ill fares the bark with tackle riven, 383.

In awful ruins Etna thunders nigh, 491.

In Madoc's tent the clarion sounds, 504.

In some breasts passion lies concealed and silent,
498.

In the bonny cells of Bedlam, 441.

In the wide pile, by others heeded not, 493.

In the wild storm The seaman hews his mast
down, 497.

In yon lone vale his early youth was bred, 495.
Indifferent, but indifferent pshaw he doth

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it not, 496.
Is this thy castle, Baldwin? Melancholy, 495.
It chanced that Cupid on a season, 423.

It comes- it wrings me in my parting hour, 504.
It is and is not 'tis the thing I sought for,

497.

It is not texts will do it

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Church artillery, 497.
It is the bonny butcher lad, 441.

It is a time of danger, not of revel, 498.
It's up Glembarchan's braes I gaed, 414.
It was a little naughty page, 9.

It was an English ladye bright, 76.

It was Dunois, the young and brave, was bound
for Palestine, 423.

Joy to the victors, the sons of old Aspen, 10.

Late, when the autumn evening fell, 414.
Law, take thy victim! - May she find the
mercy, 494.

Let the proud salmon gorge the feathered hook,

501.

Let those go see who will - I like it not, 493.
Life ebbs from such old age, unmarked and si-
lent, 493.

Life hath its May, and all is mirthful then, 497.
Life, with you, Glows in the brain and dances
in the arteries, 492.

Lives there a strain whose sounds of mounting
fire, 210.

Look not thou on beauty's charming, 448.

Look on my girdle- -on this thread of gold, 457.
Look round thee, young Astolpho: Here's the
place, 493.

Lord William was born in gilded bower, 377.
Loud o'er my head though awful thunders roll,
491.

Love wakes and weeps, 464.

Lo! where he lies embalmed in gore, 506.

Macleod's wizard flag from the gray castle sal-
lies, 439.

Maiden whose sorrows wail the Living Dead,
458.

Many a fathom dark and deep, 456.
Many great ones Would part with half their
states, 492.

March, march, Ettrick and Teviotdale, 453.
Marry, come up, sir, with your gentle blood,
502.

Measurers of good and evil, 483.

Menseful maiden ne'er should rise, 465.

Merrily swim we, the moon shines bright, 453.
Merry it is in the good greenwood, 184.

Mid these wild scenes Enchantment waves her
hand, 505.

Mortal warp and mortal woof, 456.

Mother darksome, Mother dread, 462.

Must we then sheath our still victorious sword,
505.

My hawk is tired of perch and hood, 206.
My hounds may a' rin masterless, 493.

My tongue pads slowly under this new language,
506.

My wayward fate I needs must plain, 404.

Nay, dally not with time, the wise man's trea-
sure, 496.

Nay, hear me, brother-I am elder, wiser, 497.
Nay, let me have the friends who eat my vict-
uals, 496.

Nearest of blood should still be next in love,
504.

Necessity-thou best of peace-makers, 502.
Night and morning were at meeting, 421.
No human quality is so well wove, 503.
No, sir, I will not pledge-I'm one of those,

502.

Norman saw on English oak, 450.

Not faster yonder rowers' might, 164.

Not serve two masters? - Here's a youth will
try it, 498.

Not the wild billow, when it breaks its barrier,
497.

November's hail-cloud drifts away, 449.
November's sky is chill and drear, 88.
Now, all ye ladies of fair Scotland, 504.

Now bid the steeple rock-she comes, she
comes, 498.

Now, by Our Lady, Sheriff, 't is hard reckoning,
496.

Now choose thee, gallant, betwixt wealth and
honor, 496.

Now fare thee well, my master, if true service,
498.

Now God be good to me in this wild pilgrimage,
498.

Now, hoist the anchor, mates - and let the sails,

502.

Now let us sit in conclave. That these weeds,
496.

Now on my faith this gear is all entangled, 497.
Now Scot and English are agreed, 500.

O ay! the Monks, the Monks, they did the
mischief! 495.

O, Brignall banks are wild and fair, 250.
O, dread was the time, and more dreadful the
omen, 409.

O for a draught of power to steep, 506.
O for a giance of that gay Muse's eye, 431.

O for the voice of that wild horn, 438.
O hone a rie'! O hone a rie'! 11.

O, hush thee, my babie, thy sire was a knight,
425.

O, I do know him- 't is the mouldy lemon, 500.
O, lady, twine no wreath for me, 266.

O listen, listen, ladies gay! 78.

O, lovers' eyes are sharp to see, 401.

O, low shone the sun on the fair lake of Toro,
400.

O Maid of Isla from the cliff, 467.

O, open the door, some pity to show, 400.
O, sadly shines the morning sun, 504.

say not, my love, with that mortified air, 404.
O sleep ye sound, Sir James,' she said, 440.
O, tell me, Harper, wherefore flow, 409.
O, thus it was: he loved him dear, 506.

O, who rides by night thro' the woodland so
wild? 8.

O, will you hear a knightly tale of old Bohemian
day, 444.

O, will ye hear a mirthful bourd? 29.

Of all the birds on bush or tree, 459.

Of yore, in old England, it was not thought
good, 474.

Oh, I'm come to the Low Country, 481.

Oh! young Lochinvar is come out of the west,
130.

Oh! you would be a vestal maid, I warrant,

504.

On Ettrick Forest's mountains dun, 467.

On Hallow-Mass Eve, ere you boune ye to rest,
415.

Once again, but how changed since my wan-
derings began, 425.

One thing is certain in our Northern land, 505.
Our counsels waver like the unsteady bark, 503.
Our vicar still preaches that Peter and Poule,
200.

Our work is over-over now, 441.

Over the mountains and under the waves, 500.

Painters show Cupid blind- hath Hymen eyes ?
503.

Parental love, my friend, has power o'er wisdom,
500.

Pibroch of Donuil Dhu, 427.

Plain as her native dignity of mind, 447.
Poor sinners whom the snake deceives, 467.
Proud Maisie is in the wood, 441.

Quake to your foundations deep, 310.

Rash adventurer, bear thee back, 306.
Rash thy deed, 456.

Red glows the forge in Striguil's bounds, 399.
Remorse-she ne'er forsakes us! 492.

Rescue or none, Sir Knight, I am your captive,
503.

Ring out the merry bells, the bride approaches,
504.

Rove not from pole to pole- the man lives here,
501.

Saint Magnus control thee, 464.

Say not my art is fraud-all live by seeming,
495.

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So, while the Goose, of whom the fable told,
493.

Soft spread the southern summer night, 420.
Soldier, rest! thy warfare o'er, 162.
Soldier, wake! the day is peeping, 476.
Sometimes he thinks that Heaven this vision
sent, 492.

Son of a witch, 480.

Son of Honor, theme of story, 309.

Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife! 493.
Speak not of niceness, when there's chance of
wreck, 502.

Staffa sprung from high Macdonald, 410.
Stern eagle of the far Northwest, 459.

Stern was the law which bade its votaries leave,
495.

Still in his dead hand clenched remain the
strings, 492.

Still though the headlong cavalier, 504.
Strange ape of man! who loathes thee while he
scorns thee, 508.

Summer eve is gone and past, 264.

Sweet shone the sun on the fair lake of Toro,
10.

Take these flowers which, purple waving, 8.
Take thou no scorn, 453.

Tell me not of it, friend-when the young
weep, 492.

Tell me not of it - I could ne'er abide, 507.
That day of wrath, that dreadful day, 80.
That's right, friend- drive the gaitlings back,
472.

The ashes here of murdered kings, 506.

The Baron of Smaylho'me rose with day, 14.
The bleakest rock upon the loneliest heath, 493.
The course of human life is changeful still, 502.
The deadliest snakes are those which, twined
'mongst flowers, 506.

The Druid Urien had daughters seven, 388.
The forest of Glenmore is drear, 37.

The hearth in hall was black and dead, 494.
The heath this night must be my bed, 179.
The herring loves the merry moon-light, 429.
The hottest horse will oft be cool, 495.
The knight 's to the mountain, 414.

The last of our steers on the board has been
spread, 484.

The Lord Abbot had a soul, 492.

The Minstrel came once more to view, 203.
The monk must arise when the matins ring, 448.
The moon is in her summer glow, 231.

The moon's on the lake and the mist's on the
brae, 428.

The news has flown frae mouth to mouth, 469.

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The parties met. The wily, wordy Greek, 508.
The Pope he was saying the high, high mass, 17.
The rose is fairest when 't is budding new, 181.
The sacred tapers' lights are gone, 497.
The sages
for authority, pray, look, 473.
The sound of Rokeby's woods I hear, 269.
The storm increases 't is no sunny shower, 507.
The sun is rising dimly red, 460.
The sun upon the lake is low, 484.
The sun upon the Weirdlaw Hill, 437.
The tears I shed must ever fall, 505.
The violet in her greenwood bower, 8.

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The way is long, my children, long and rough-
508.

The way was long, the wind was cold, 46.
The Wildgrave winds his bugle-horn, 5.

The wisest sovereigns err like private men, 499.
There are times, 506.

There came three merry men from south, west,
and north, 452.

There is a mood of mind we all have known, 370.
There is mist on the mountain, and night on
the vale, 416.

There must be government in all society - 504.
There's a bloodhound ranging Tinwald wood,

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This is the very barn-yard, 500.

This, sir, is one among the Seigniory, 500.
This superb successor, 507.

This wandering race, severed from other men,
495.

This was the entry, then these stairs - but
whither after? 495.

This way lie safety and a sure retreat, 501.
Those evening clouds, that setting ray, 491.
Thou hast each secret of the household, Fran-
cis, 497.

Thou so needful, yet so dread, 465.
Thou who seek'st my fountain lone, 458.
Though right be aft put down by strength, 418.
Thrice to the holly brake, 455.

Through the vain webs, which puzzle sophists'
skill, 507.

Thy craven fear my truth accused, 455.

Thy hue, dear pledge, is pure and bright, 430.

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'Tis not her sense-for sure, in that, 505,
'Tis strange that in the dark sulphureous mine,
508.

'Tis sweet to hear expiring Summer's sigh, 405.
'Tis the black ban-dog of our jail-pray look
on him, 502.

'Tis when the wound is stiffening with the cold,
496.

To horse! to horse! the standard flies, 9.
To man in this his trial state, 494.

To the Lords of Convention 't was Claver'se who
spoke, 485.

To youth, to age, alike, this tablet pale, 484.
Toll, toll the bell! 507.

Too much rest is rust, 504.
Traquair has ridden up Chapel-hope, 31.
True-love, an thou be true, 494.

True Thomas lay on Huntlie bank, 33.
Trust me, each state must have its policies, 495.
'Twas a Maréchal of France, and he fain would
honor gain, 408.

'T was All-souls' eve, and Surrey's heart beat
high, 77.

'Twas near the fair city of Benevent, 478.
'Twas time and griefs, 493.

'Twas when among our linden-trees, 442.
Twist ye, twine ye! even so, 425.

Upon the Rhine, upon the Rhine they cluster,
507.

Up rose the sun o'er moor and mead, 482.

Vain man, thou mayst esteem thy love as fair,
507.

Viewless Essence, thin and bare, 482.

Wake, Maid of Lorn! the moments fly, 315.
Waken, lords and ladies gay, 403.
Want you a man, 507.

Wasted, weary, wherefore stay, 425.
We are bound to drive the bullocks, 418.
We are not worse at once -the course of evil,
502.

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What did ye wi' the bridal ring, 441.
What ho, my jovial mates! come on! we'll
frolic it, 499.

What makes the troopers' frozen courage mus-
ter, 11.

What, man, ne'er lack a draught when the full
can, 498.

What sheeted ghost is wandering through the
storm, 504.

Wheel the wild dance, 422.

When autumn nights were long and drear, 495.
When beauty leads the lion in her toils, 505.
When friends are met o'er merry cheer, 486.
When fruitful Clydesdale's apple bowers, 22.
When Israel of the Lord beloved, 451.
When princely Hamilton's abode, 26.
When Princes meet, astrologers may mark it,

503.

When the fight of grace is fought, 441.
When the gledd's in the blue cloud, 440.
When the heathen trumpet's clang, 438.

When the last Laird of Ravenswood to Ravens-
wood shall ride, 448.

When the lone pilgrim views afar, 436.
When the tempest 's at the loudest, 485.
When we two meet, we meet like rushing tor-
rents, 506.

Whence the brooch of burning gold, 322.
Where corpse-light, 465.

Where is he? Has the deep earth swallowed
him? 508.

Where shall the lover rest, 110.

Wherefore come ye not to court, 500.
Whet the bright steel, 451.

While the dawn on the mountain was misty and
gray, 268.

Who is he? One that for the lack of land, 492.

Why, now I have Dame Fortune by the fore-
lock, 494.

Why sit'st thou by that ruined hall, 429.
Why, then, we will have bellowing of beeves,
502.

Why weep ye by the tide, ladie?' 426.
Widowed wife and wedded maid, 477.

With my curteh on my foot, and my shoe on
my hand, 441.

Within that awful volume lies, 455.

Without a ruin, broken, tangled, cumbrous,
508.

"Woe to the vanquished!' was stern Brenno's
word, 494.

Woman's faith, and woman's trust, 476.

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Yes, life hath left him every busy thought,
496.

Yes, thou mayst sigh, 482.

Yon path of greensward, 505.

You call it an ill angel-it may be so, 496.
You call this education, do you not, 496.

You have summoned me once, you have sum-
moned me twice, 458.

You shall have no worse prison than my cham-
ber, 502.

You talk of Gayety and Innocence, 505.
Young men will love thee more fair and more
fast, 415.

Your suppliant, by name, 468.

Youth of the dark eye, wherefore didst then
call me? 455.

Youth! thou wear'st to manhood now, 497.

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