Mythology & Folklore
To the White Lady
From Songs from the Waverley Novels (Poetical Works, Oxford 1904)
Mythology & Folklore
THRICE to the holly brake,
Thrice to the well--
I bid thee awake,
White Maid of Avenel !
Noon gleams on the lake,
Noon glows on the fell,--
Wake thee, O wake,
White Maid of Avenel.
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Codex Note
From The Monastery (1820)
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Scott, Walter. “To the White Lady.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/scott/189/.
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Scott, Walter. “To the White Lady.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/scott/189/.
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