Narrative poem · 1813

Rokeby

A Poem in Six Cantos

by Sir Walter Scott

A verse romance of the English Civil War, set around Barnard Castle and the River Greta just after Marston Moor, whose outlaw songs — 'Brignall Banks' and 'Allen-a-Dale' among them — became favourites.

Contents · 6 parts

• Canto Firstabout 790 lines
• Canto Secondabout 700 lines
• Canto Thirdabout 770 lines
• Canto Fourthabout 800 lines
• Canto Fifthabout 990 lines
• Canto Sixthabout 980 lines

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