Marmion: A Tale of Flodden FieldCosimo, Inc., 2005 M11 1 - 292 páginas And now the midnight draught of sleep, Where wine and spices richly steep, In massive bowl of silver deep, The page presents on knee.Lord Marmion drank a fair good rest, The captain pledged his noble guest, The cup went through among the rest, Who drained it merrily...-from MarmionFantastically successful when it was first published in 1808 and a bestseller throughout the 19th-century, this is Scott's epic poem of the 1513 Battle of Flodden Field, an enormous military disaster for Scotland in which the English killed King James IV and most of his nobles, and "all was lost," Scott said of the debacle, "but our honour." With a hero, Lord Marmion, who is by turns both upright and villainous, and its sweeping air of romantic and political intrigue, this rich tapestry of verse remains favorite of Scott devotees today.Scottish novelist and poet SIR WALTER SCOTT (1771-1832), a literary hero of his native land, turned to writing only when his law practice and printing business foundered. Among his most beloved works are The Lady of the Lake (1810), Rob Roy (1818), and Ivanhoe (1820). |
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... Henry VIII . of England as an ambassador to James IV . of Scotland . He makes his journey shortly before hostilities begin ; his object being to learn- " Why through ali Scotland , near and far , Their king is mustering troops for war ...
... Henry VIII . of England as an ambassador to James IV . of Scotland . He makes his journey shortly before hostilities begin ; his object being to learn- " Why through ali Scotland , near and far , Their king is mustering troops for war ...
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... Henry to return to protect his northern shires from seizure and pillage . Henry , however , delegated the defence of his domin- ions to the Earl of Surrey , who marched with thirty thousand men to meet James at the head of about the ...
... Henry to return to protect his northern shires from seizure and pillage . Henry , however , delegated the defence of his domin- ions to the Earl of Surrey , who marched with thirty thousand men to meet James at the head of about the ...
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... Henry VIII . held it as a border fortress at the time when Marmion is represented as visiting it on his way to James IV.'s palace of Holyrood in Edinburgh . 2 Cheviot : the Cheviot Hills ; at one point they form the boundary be- tween ...
... Henry VIII . held it as a border fortress at the time when Marmion is represented as visiting it on his way to James IV.'s palace of Holyrood in Edinburgh . 2 Cheviot : the Cheviot Hills ; at one point they form the boundary be- tween ...
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... Henry , Earl of Richmond ; Rich- ard was slain ; and his vanquisher became King Henry VII . , the first of the Tudor monarchs . The battle marks the end of the Wars of the Roses , which had been fatal to so many English knights and ...
... Henry , Earl of Richmond ; Rich- ard was slain ; and his vanquisher became King Henry VII . , the first of the Tudor monarchs . The battle marks the end of the Wars of the Roses , which had been fatal to so many English knights and ...
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... Henry VIII . , who held it as a border fortress . 2 Twisell : near Norham castle . 3 Ford Ford castle , Northumberland , England , near the boundary . 4 Hold the stronghold , or castle . 5 Deas : the dais , - an elevated platform , or ...
... Henry VIII . , who held it as a border fortress . 2 Twisell : near Norham castle . 3 Ford Ford castle , Northumberland , England , near the boundary . 4 Hold the stronghold , or castle . 5 Deas : the dais , - an elevated platform , or ...
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