“The stag at eve had drunk his fill,
Where danced the moon on Monan's rill,
And deep his midnight lair had made
In lone Glenartney's hazel shade.”

—  Walter Scott

Canto I, stanza 1.
The Lady of the Lake http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3011 (1810)

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Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet 1771–1832

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