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Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field is a historical romance in verse of 16th-century Scotland and England by Sir Walter Scott, published in 1808. Consisting of six cantos, each with an introductory epistle, and copious antiquarian notes, it concludes with the Battle of Flodden in 1513.
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by Sir Walter Scott. Heap on more wood! the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We ll keep our Christmas merry still. Each age has deem d the new-born year. The fittest time for festal cheer: Even, heathen yet, the savage Dane. At Iol more deep the mead did drain;
Sep 16, 2014 · Young Blount his armour did unlace, And, gazing on his ghastly face, Said—“By Saint George, he’s gone! That spear-wound has our master sped—. And see, the deep cut on his head! Good-night to Marmion.”. “Unnurtured Blount! thy brawling cease: He opes his eyes,” said Eustace; “peace!”. XXIX.
The poem’s clear and vigorous storytelling, Scottish regionalist elements, honest pathos, and vivid evocations of landscape were repeated in further poetic romances, including Marmion (1808), The Lady of the Lake (1810), which was the most successful of these pieces, Rokeby (1813), and The Lord of the Isles (1815).
Dec 19, 2011 · The poem concerns the designs of Lord Marmion, a favourite of Henry VIII, upon a wealthy heiress, Clara de Clare. In order to remove her fiancé, Sir Ralph De Wilton, he forges a letter implicating him in a treasonable plot.
SIR WALTER SCOTT EDITED WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY THOMAS BAYNE EDITOR’S PREFACE. I. SCOTT AT ASHESTIEL. Sir Walter Scott’s love of the country induced him, after his marriage in 1797, to settle in a cottage at the pretty village of Lasswade, near Edinburgh.
Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field is a historical romance in verse of 16th-century Scotland and England by Sir Walter Scott, published in 1808. Consisting of six cantos, each with an introductory epistle, and copious antiquarian notes, it concludes with the Battle of Flodden in 1513.
