Mythology & Folklore

The White Lady Chants or Recites

by Sir Walter Scott 1771–1832

From Songs from the Waverley Novels (Poetical Works, Oxford 1904)

Mythology & Folklore

HE whose heart for vengeance sued
Must not shrink from shedding blood;
The knot that thou hast tied with word,
Thou must loose by edge of sword.

You have summon'd me once, you have summon'd me twice,
And without e'er a summons I come to you thrice ;
Unask'd for, unsued for, you come to my glen ;
Unsued and unask'd, I am with you agen.

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From The Monastery (1820)

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Scott, Walter. “The White Lady Chants or Recites.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/scott/192/.

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Scott, Walter. “The White Lady Chants or Recites.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/scott/192/.

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