“Vacant heart, and hand, and eye,
Easy live and quiet die.”

— Walter Scott, book The Bride of Lammermoor

The Bride of Lammermoor (1819), Ch. 3 - Lucy Ashton's Song.

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Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet 1771–1832

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