“Lightly from fair to fair he flew,
And loved to plead, lament, and sue;
Suit lightly won, and short-lived pain,
For monarchs seldom sigh in vain.”

Canto V, stanza 9.
Marmion (1808)

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Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet 1771–1832

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