Narrative poem · 1805

The Lay of the Last Minstrel

A Poem

by Sir Walter Scott

A verse romance of Border feud, magic and thwarted love in sixteenth-century Branksome Hall, framed as the song of the last of the old minstrels.

Contents · 7 parts

• Introductionabout 100 lines
• Canto Iabout 370 lines
• Canto IIabout 430 lines
• Canto IIIabout 430 lines
• Canto IVabout 540 lines
• Canto Vabout 530 lines
• Canto VIabout 590 lines

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