Mythology & Folklore
The Prophecy (The Bride of Lammermoor)
From Songs from the Waverley Novels (Poetical Works, Oxford 1904)
Mythology & Folklore
When the last Laird of Ravenswood to Ravenswood shall ride,
And woo a dead maiden to be his bride,
He shall stable his steed in the Kelpie's flow,
And his name shall be lost for evermoe !
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Codex Note
From The Bride of Lammermoor (1819)
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Scott, Walter. “The Prophecy (The Bride of Lammermoor).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/scott/166/.
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Scott, Walter. “The Prophecy (The Bride of Lammermoor).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/scott/166/.
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