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Poems Of Sir Walter Scott: Outlaw, The

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From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Scott, Sir Walter

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Outlaw, The

O brignall banks are wild and fair, And Greta woods are green, And you may gather garlands there Would grace a summer - queen. And as I rode by Dalton - Hall Beneath the turrets high, A Maiden on the castle - wall Was singing merrily: 'O Brignall Banks are fresh and fair, And Greta woods are green; I'd rather rove with Edmund there Than reign our English queen.'

'If, Maiden, thou wouldst wend with me, To leave both tower and town, Thou first must guess what life lead we That dwell by dale and down. And if thou canst that riddle read, As read full well you may, Then ...

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