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The Lord of the Isles

The Lord of the Isles
Walter Scott

The Lord of the Isles is a rhymed, romantic, narrative-poem by Sir Walter Scott, written in 1815.

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“O! many a shaft at random sent
Finds mark the archer little meant!
And many a word, at random spoken,
May soothe or wound a heart that's broken!”

Walter Scott The Lord of the Isles

Canto V, stanza 18.
The Lord of the Isles (1815)

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“In man's most dark extremity
Oft succour dawns from Heaven.”

Walter Scott The Lord of the Isles

Canto I, stanza 20.
The Lord of the Isles (1815)

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“Randolph, thy wreath has lost a rose.”

Walter Scott The Lord of the Isles

Canto VI, stanza 18.
The Lord of the Isles (1815)

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“Spangling the wave with lights as vain
As pleasures in the vale of pain,
That dazzle as they fade.”

Walter Scott The Lord of the Isles

Canto I, stanza 23.
The Lord of the Isles (1815)

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“The wind breath'd soft as lover's sigh,
And, oft renew'd, seem'd oft to die,
With breathless pause between,
O who, with speech of war and woes,
Would wish to break the soft repose
Of such enchanting scene!”

Walter Scott The Lord of the Isles

Canto IV, stanza 13.
The Lord of the Isles (1815)

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