The Lady of the Lake is a narrative poem by Sir Walter Scott, first published in 1810. Set in the Trossachs region of Scotland, it is composed of six cantos, each of which concerns the action of a single day. [1] There are voluminous antiquarian notes.

In that soft vale, a lady’s bower; On yonder meadow far away, The turrets of a cloister gray; How blithely might the bugle-horn Chide on the lake the lingering morn! How sweet at eve the lover’s lute Chime when the groves were still and mute! And when the midnight moon should lave Her forehead in the silver wave, How solemn on the ear would ...

The Lady of the Lake, poem in six cantos by Sir Walter Scott, published in 1810. Composed primarily in octosyllabic tetrameter couplets, it mines Gaelic history to retell a well-known legend about the graceful feudal heroine Ellen Douglas.

2009年3月9日 · The Lady of the Lake deals with a distinct epoch in the life of King James V of Scotland, and has lying back of it a considerable amount of historical fact, an understanding of which will help in the appreciation of the poem. During his minority the King was under the tutelage of Archibald Douglas, sixth Earl of Angus, who had married the King ...

2024年5月9日 · A narrative poem first published in 1810, this transcription is of the eighth edition, published the same year. Set in the Trossachs region of Scotland, the poem is composed of six cantos, each of which concerns the action of a single day.

2011年12月19日 · The Lady of the Lake marked the pinnacle of Scott's popularity as a poet. With 25,000 copies sold in eight months, it broke all records for the sale of poetry, and Scott's fame spread beyond Great Britain to the United States. The critics almost matched the …

The story of “The Lady of the Lake” is briefly as follows:— Canto First. —A huntsman who has distanced his companions and lost his steed, which, urged beyond endurance, has fallen dead in the Trosachs, has finally wandered over rocky ways to the shore of Loch Katrine. Here he winds his horn, hoping the sounds may reach his comrades.

2010年9月14日 · The lady of the lake; a poem by Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832. Publication date 1810 Publisher Edinburgh, Printed for John Ballantyne by James Ballantyne Collection robarts; toronto; university_of_toronto Contributor Robarts - University of Toronto Language English Item Size 383.7M . 52

The western waves of ebbing day Rolled o’er the glen their level way; Each purple peak, each flinty spire, Was bathed in floods of living fire. High on the south, huge Benvenue Down to the lake in masses threw Crags, knolls, and mountains, confusedly hurled, The fragments of …

On this bold brow, a lordly tower; In that soft vale, a lady's bower; On yonder meadow far away, The turrets of a cloister gray; How blithely might the bugle-horn Chide on the lake the lingering morn!