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" For she had known adversity, Though born in such a high degree ; In pride of power, in beauty's bloom, Had wept o'er Monmouth's bloody tomb... "
The Life of Mrs. Godolphin - Page 243
by John Evelyn - 1848 - 291 pages
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The lay of the last minstrel. With life and notes

sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1885 - 154 pages
...should tend the old man well : 40 For she had known adversity, Though born in such a high degree ; In pride of power, in beauty's bloom, Had wept o'er Monmouth's bloody tomb ! When kindness had his wants supplied, 45 And the old man was gratified, Began to rise his minstrel...
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Red-letter Poems by English Men and Women

Thomas Young Crowell - 1885 - 702 pages
...That they should tend the old man For she had known adversity, Though born in such a high degree; I n pride of power, in beauty's bloom, Had wept o'er Monmouth's bloody tomb! When kindness had his wants supplied, And the old man was gratified, Began to rise his minstrel pride...
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Baronet: Ed. with a Careful Revision ...

Walter Scott - 1888 - 682 pages
...they should tend the old man well : For she had known adversity, Though born in such a high degree ; In pride of power, in beauty's bloom, Had wept o'er Monmouth's bloody tomb ! When kindness had his wants supplied, And the old man was gratified, Began to rise his minstrel pride...
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The Lay of the Past Minstrel: A Poem in Six Cantos

Walter Scott - 1889 - 168 pages
...should tend the old man well : 40 For she had known adversity, Though born in such a high degree ; In pride of power, in beauty's bloom, Had wept o'er Monmouth's bloody tomb. When kindness had his wants supplied, 45 And the old man was gratified, Began to rise his minstrel...
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Poetical Works: With a Biographical & Critical Memoir

Sir Walter Scott - 1890 - 612 pages
...they should tend the old man well : For she had known adversity, Though born in such a high degree ; In pride of power, in beauty's bloom, Had wept o'er Monmouth's bloody tomb ! When kindness had his wants supplied, And the old man was gratified, Began to rise his minstrel pride...
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Black's Guide to Edinburgh and Environs Including Roslin and Hawthornden

Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1891 - 252 pages
...alluded to in Scott's " Lay"— " For she had known adversity, Though born in such a high degree ; In pride of power, in beauty's bloom, Had wept o'er Monmouth's bloody tomb !" The titles, notwithstanding, remained with the Duchess, and through her descended to the present...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Walter Scott - 1894 - 208 pages
...they should tend the old man well : For she had known adversity, Though born in such a high degree ; In pride of power, in beauty's bloom, Had wept o'er Monmouth's bloody tomb ! When kindness had his wants supplied, And the old man was gratified, Began to rise his minstrel pride...
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The History of St. James's Square and the Foundation of the West End of ...

Arthur Irwin Dasent - 1895 - 342 pages
...part in the making of history ? In the reign of Queen Anne the Duchess of Buccleugh, the same who, In pride of power, in beauty's bloom, Had wept o'er Monmouth's bloody tomb, came to live at the house which had in former days been the French Embassy. The spelling of her . name,...
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Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern, Volume 33

Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 482 pages
...they should tend the old man well: For she had known adversity, Though born in such a high degree ; In pride of power, in beauty's bloom, Had wept o'er Monmouth's bloody tomb! When kindness had his wants supplied, And the old man was gratified. Began to rise his minstrel pride...
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The Border Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, Volume 14

Nicholas Dickson, William Sanderson - 1909 - 274 pages
...Newark's stately tower Looks out from Yarrow's birchen bower." No fit dwelling here for her who, " In pride of power, in beauty's bloom, Had wept o'er Monmouth's bloody tomb." Thus Sir Walter. And, later, another: — '' Once more by Newark's Castle gate, Long left without a...
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