Album of Scottish Scenery : a Series of Views, Illustrating Several Places of Interest Mentioned in Sir W. Scott's Poems and Novels (1860)
Tillotson, John · London : T.J. Allman · leaf 42
secret bower; Her bower, that was guarded by word and by spell, Deadly to hear, and deadly to tell— Jesu Maria shield us well; No living wight, save the Layde alone, Had dared to cross the threshold stone. The tables were drawn, it was idlesse all; Knight, and page, and household squire,Loitered… … BRANKSOME CASTLE. 23 Nine-and-twenty knights of fame Hung their shields in Branksome Hall;Nine-and-twenty squires of nameBrought them their steeds from bower to stall;Nine-and-twenty yeoman tallWaited, duteous, on them all;They were all knights of mettle true,Kinsmen to the bold Buccleuch. Ten of…
Scotland · Scott, Sir Walter, Bart, 1771-1832 · Drawings, Scottish
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