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Sir Walter Scott

1771–1832

Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) was a Scottish poet and novelist whose verse romances — The Lay of the Last Minstrel, Marmion, The Lady of the Lake — made him the best-selling poet in Europe before Byron eclipsed him, and whose Waverley novels effectively invented the historical novel.

Trained as a lawyer in Edinburgh, Scott drew on a lifelong passion for Scottish Border ballads and Highland history; a private financial ruin late in life led him to write at a furious pace to pay off his debts, at the cost of his health.

Major Works (7)

  1. The Bridal of Triermain — Narrative poem, 1813
  2. Harold the Dauntless — Narrative poem, 1817
  3. The Lady of the Lake — Narrative poem, 1810
  4. The Lay of the Last Minstrel — Narrative poem, 1805
  5. The Lord of the Isles — Narrative poem, 1815
  6. Marmion — Narrative poem, 1808
  7. Rokeby — Narrative poem, 1813

Poems (292)

  1. The Vision of Don Roderick
  2. The Field of Waterloo
  3. The Dance of Death
  4. Romance of Dunois
  5. The Troubadour
  6. Pibroch of Donald Dhu
  7. Thomas the Rhymer, Part Third (Modern)
  8. The Eve of Saint John
  9. Glenfinlas, or Lord Ronald’s Coronach
  10. Cadyow Castle
  11. War-Song of the Royal Edinburgh Light Dragoons
  12. To a Lock of Hair
  13. The Outlaw
  14. Jock O' Hazeldean
  15. A Serenade
  16. The Rover
  17. The Maid of Neidpath
  18. The Pride of Youth
  19. Rosabelle
  20. Hunting Song
  21. Datur Hora Quieti
  22. It Was an English Ladye Bright
  23. Lochinvar
  24. Where Shall the Lover Rest
  25. Soldier, Rest! Thy Warfare O'er
  26. Hail to the Chief Who in Triumph Advances
  27. The Heath This Night Must Be My Bed
  28. The Imprisoned Huntsman
  29. He Is Gone on the Mountain
  30. Allen-a-Dale
  31. The Cypress Wreath
  32. The Cavalier
  33. Oh, Say Not, My Love, With That Mortified Air
  34. The Search after Happiness; or, the Quest of Sultaun Solimaun
  35. To Mr. Alexandre, the Ventriloquist
  36. Alice Brand
  37. Davie Gellatley's Song
  38. Elspeth's Ballad
  39. With Flowers from a Roman Wall
  40. William and Helen
  41. The Wild Huntsman
  42. The Fire-King
  43. Frederick and Alice
  44. The Battle of Sempach
  45. The Noble Moringer
  46. The Erl-King
  47. Thomas the Rhymer, Part Second (Modernized from the Prophecies)
  48. The Gray Brother
  49. His First Lines
  50. On a Thunderstorm
  51. On the Setting Sun
  52. The Violet
  53. Bothwell's Sisters Three
  54. The Covenanter's Fate
  55. At Flodden
  56. A Song of Victory
  57. Rhein-wein Lied
  58. The Reiver's Wedding
  59. The Bard's Incantation
  60. Hellvellyn
  61. The Dying Bard
  62. The Norman Horse-Shoe
  63. The Maid of Toro
  64. The Palmer
  65. Wandering Willie
  66. Health to Lord Melville
  67. The Resolve
  68. Epitaph (for a Monument in Lichfield Cathedral)
  69. Prologue to The Family Legend
  70. The Poacher
  71. The Bold Dragoon
  72. On the Massacre of Glencoe
  73. For a' That an' a' That
  74. Song for the Anniversary Meeting of the Pitt Club of Scotland
  75. Pharos Loquitur
  76. Address to Ranald MacDonald of Staffa
  77. Epistle to the Duke of Buccleuch
  78. The A. of Wa'
  79. Farewell to Mackenzie, High Chief of Kintail
  80. War-Song of Lachlan, High Chief of Maclean
  81. Saint Cloud
  82. From the French
  83. Lines on the Lifting of the Banner of the House of Buccleuch
  84. Lullaby of an Infant Chief
  85. The Return to Ulster
  86. Nora's Vow
  87. MacGregor's Gathering
  88. Verses on the Banquet to the Grand-Duke Nicholas of Russia
  89. Mr. Kemble's Farewell Address
  90. Lines Written for Miss Smith
  91. The Dreary Change
  92. March of the Monks of Bangor
  93. Epistle to the Duke of Buccleuch, at Drumlanrig Castle
  94. Epilogue to The Appeal
  95. Mackrimmon's Lament
  96. Donald Caird's Come Again
  97. Epitaph on Mrs. Erskine
  98. Life in the Forest
  99. Farewell to the Muse
  100. The Maid of Isla
  101. Carle, Now the King's Come
  102. One Volume More
  103. Epistle to John Gibson Lockhart
  104. Epilogue to the Drama Founded on Saint Ronan's Well
  105. Epilogue
  106. On the Materials Necessary for His Life of Napoleon
  107. Lines to Sir Cuthbert Sharp
  108. The Death of Keeldar
  109. The Foray
  110. Inscription for the Monument of the Rev. George Scott
  111. Lines on Fortune, a Skilful Mechanist
  112. Bridal Song
  113. Lines by Captain Waverley
  114. Baron Bradwardine Sings
  115. Balmawhapple Sings
  116. Gellatley's Song to the Deerhounds
  117. St. Swithin's Chair
  118. Young Men Will Love Thee More Fair and More Fast
  119. Flora MacIvor's Song
  120. Fergus Sings
  121. To an Oak-Tree
  122. They Came upon Us in the Night
  123. The Nativity Chant
  124. The Spindle Song
  125. The Gipsy's Dirge
  126. The Prophecy (Guy Mannering)
  127. Glossin Sings
  128. The Aged Carle
  129. An Epitaph
  130. Who Is He
  131. Tell Me Not of It, Friend
  132. Remorse--She Ne'er Forsakes Us
  133. Still in His Dead Hand Clench'd Remain the Strings
  134. Life, with You
  135. Well, Well, at Worst, 'Tis Neither Theft nor Coinage
  136. Life Ebbs from Such Old Age, Unmark'd and Silent
  137. Let Those Go See Who Will
  138. Fortune, You Say, Flies from Us
  139. Nay, If She Love Me Not, I Care Not for Her
  140. I Left My Ladye's Bower Last Night
  141. Twas Time and Griefs
  142. Major Bellenden Sings
  143. My Hounds May A' Rin Masterless
  144. Sound, Sound the Clarion, Fill the Fife
  145. Francis Osbaldistone's Lines to the Memory of Edward the Black Prince
  146. Fragment from Ariosto
  147. In the Wide Pile, by Others Heeded Not
  148. Dire Was His Thought, Who First in Poison Steep'd
  149. Yon Lamp Its Line of Quivering Light
  150. And Be He Safe Restored Ere Evening Set
  151. Farewell to the Land Where the Clouds Love to Rest
  152. When the Glede's in the Blue Cloud
  153. O Sleep Ye Sound, Sir James
  154. I Glance like the Wildfire
  155. What Did Ye wi' the Bridal Ring
  156. Good Even, Good Fair Moon
  157. It Is the Bonny Butcher Lad
  158. There's a Bloodhound Ranging Tinwald Wood
  159. In the Bonnie Cells of Bedlam
  160. My Banes Are Buried in Yon Kirk-Yard
  161. I'm Madge of the Country
  162. Our Work Is Over
  163. When the Fight of Grace Is Fought
  164. Cauld Is My Bed, Lord Archibald
  165. Lucy Ashton Sings
  166. The Forester Sings
  167. The Prophecy (The Bride of Lammermoor)
  168. As, to the Autumn Breeze's Bugle-Sound
  169. Here Is a Father Now
  170. Why, Now I Have Dame Fortune by the Forelock
  171. From the Gaelic
  172. Song of the Dawn
  173. Lady Anne
  174. The Crusader
  175. The Barefooted Friar
  176. Norman Saw on English Oak
  177. Ulrica Sings
  178. Rebecca's Hymn
  179. A Virelai
  180. A Duet
  181. Dirge for Athelstane
  182. The Hottest Horse Will Oft Be Cool
  183. Approach the Chamber, Look Upon His Bed
  184. Trust Me, Each State Must Have Its Policies
  185. Arouse the Tiger of Hyrcanian Deserts
  186. Ne Sit Ancillae
  187. Merrily Swim We
  188. The Monk's Warning
  189. Thank the Holly-Bush
  190. To the White Lady
  191. To Halbert
  192. Sir Piercie Shafton Sings
  193. The White Lady Chants or Recites
  194. Border March
  195. The White Lady to Mary Avenel
  196. The White Lady to Edward
  197. The White Lady's Farewell
  198. You Call This Education, Do You Not
  199. There's Something in That Ancient Superstition
  200. Now Choose Thee, Gallant, Betwixt Wealth and Honour
  201. Indifferent, but Indifferent
  202. Yes, Life Hath Left Him
  203. Tis When the Wound Is Stiffening with the Cold
  204. Now, by Our Lady, Sheriff, 'Tis Hard Reckoning
  205. You Call It an Ill Angel
  206. At School I Knew Him
  207. Now on My Faith This Gear Is All Entangled
  208. It Is Not Texts Will Do It
  209. The Pardoner Speaks
  210. In the Wild Storm
  211. Thou Hast Each Secret of the Household, Francis
  212. Life Hath Its May, and All Is Mirthful Then
  213. Nay, Hear Me, Brother
  214. In Some Breasts Passion Lies Conceal'd and Silent
  215. The Owl Song
  216. The Warder's Welcome to Kenilworth
  217. Not Serve Two Masters
  218. This Is Rare News Thou Tell'st Me, My Good Fellow
  219. The Wisest Sovereigns Err Like Private Men
  220. The Song of the Reim-Kennar
  221. A Last Farewell
  222. Harold Harfager
  223. The Meeting of the Mermaids and Mermen
  224. Norna Sings
  225. Norna's Invocation
  226. Claud Halcro and Norna
  227. Song of the Shetland Fishers
  228. Love Wakes and Weeps
  229. Farewell ! Farewell ! the Voice You Hear
  230. Claud Halcro Sings or Recites
  231. Norna Sings or Recites
  232. The Pedlar Sings His Wares
  233. This Is a Gentle Trader, and a Prudent
  234. We'll Keep Our Customs
  235. See Yonder Woman, Whom Our Swains Revere
  236. What Ho, My Jovial Mates ! Come on ! We'll Frolic It
  237. Parental Love, My Friend, Has Power O'er Wisdom
  238. By This Good Light, a Wench of Matchless Mettle
  239. Chance Will Not Do the Work, Chance Sends the Breeze
  240. This Is the Time
  241. Death Finds Us 'Mid Our Playthings
  242. How Fares the Man on Whom Good Men Would Look
  243. Marry, Come Up, Sir, with Your Gentle Blood
  244. We Are Not Worse at Once
  245. Why Then, We Will Have Bellowing of Beeves
  246. No, Sir, I Will Not Pledge
  247. Ascasto. Can She Not Speak
  248. This Is a Love Meeting ! See the Maiden Mourns
  249. The Course of Human Life Is Changeful Still
  250. Full in the Midst a Mighty Pile Arose
  251. This Is a Lecturer So Skill'd in Policy
  252. I See Thee Yet, Fair France
  253. He Was a Son of Egypt, as He Told Me
  254. Thy Time Is Not Yet Out
  255. Here Come We to Our Close
  256. Hope
  257. Reveille
  258. Woman's Faith
  259. Verses in the Style of the Druids
  260. O, Sadly Shines the Morning Sun
  261. Too Much Rest Is Rust
  262. Ring Out the Merry Bells, the Bride Approaches
  263. Julia. Gentle Sir
  264. Ahriman
  265. A Minstrel Sings
  266. The Lay of the Bloody Vest
  267. You Talk of Gaiety and Innocence
  268. Were Every Hair Upon His Head a Life
  269. When Beauty Leads the Lion in Her Toils
  270. A Conjuration
  271. An Hour with Thee
  272. Come Forth, Old Man ! Thy Daughter's Side
  273. Yon Path of Greensward
  274. Here We Have One Head
  275. Deeds Are Done on Earth
  276. The Deadliest Snakes Are Those Which, Twined 'Mongst Flowers
  277. What Ails Me, I May Not, as Well as They
  278. There Are Times
  279. The Glee-Maiden
  280. The Blood Ordeal
  281. A Melancholy Dirge
  282. Bold and True
  283. Behold the Tiber ! ' the Vain Roman Cried
  284. The Secret Tribunal
  285. We Know Not When We Sleep nor When We Wake
  286. These Be the Adept's Doctrines
  287. Tell Me Not of It
  288. A Mirthful Man He Was
  289. Want You a Man
  290. Toll, Toll the Bell
  291. Here's a Weapon Now
  292. Bonny Dundee

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