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Fitz-James then draws his sword; Murdoch shoots off an arrow, which misses Fitz-James, but hits Blanche, fatally wounding her. Fitz-James pursues Murdoch and stabs him to death. He returns to Blanche, who warns him of the ambush. Blanche has been wearing a lock of her bridegroom's hair ever since his murder. Blanche dies. Fitz-James cuts off a lock of Blanche's hair, mingles it amidst the hair of her bridegroom, and imbrues it in her blood, promising to steep the lock in the blood of Roderick.
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at the end of August and beginning of September 1809, but in the early stages it seems not to have been composed in a straightforward manner, Scott writing to his Highland correspondent Mrs Clephane on 27 October of the same year: 'I have been amusing myself with trying to scratch out a Douglas tale but this is only for your own ear and family as I have not formed any serious intention of combining or systematizing the parts I have written'. But the poem now had its name,
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Roderick Dhu had consulted Brian as to what will be the outcome of the battle. To determine this, they sacrificed one of the finest animals that the clan had received from one of its cattle raids, a milk-white bull. Brian prophesied that: 'Which spills the foremost foeman's life, / That party conquers in the strife' (stanza 6; lines 2524–25).
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Dawn breaks, and the two men set out. They begin to argue about the relations between Highlanders and Lowlanders; Fitz-James condemns the clans' thefts and feuds, while his guide responds by referring to the many appropriations and legalized crimes of the Lowlanders. Finally, Fitz-James declares that
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Roderick and Malcolm quarrel over Ellen, and are about to draw their swords against each other, but Douglas declares that the first to draw will be his foe. Douglas also says that it is an insult for an exile for his daughter to be the spoil of a battle between two chiefs. Roderick tells Malcolm to
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Roderick asks if any of the local friendly clans will fight on Clan Alpine's side; when he hears that none will, he sheds a tear, but at once masters himself and says that Clan Alpine will fight in Trossachs glen. Ellen, meanwhile, is worrying about the fate of her father, who stated that they would
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since 'it would require a journey of some length into the country not only to refresh my faded or inaccurate recollection of the scenery; But also to pick up some of the traditions still floating in the memory of the inhabitants' The poem was eventually begun during a visit to the southern Highlands
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Malise and Norman discuss the upcoming battle. Roderick has decided that the women and old men should take shelter on the island in the middle of Loch Katrine. When Norman asks why Roderick is staying apart from the main body of the troops, Malise says it is the result of a prophecy made by Brian.
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Walter Scott notes when seeking assistance from neighboring villages, Scottish highland chieftains killed a goat, made a cross of light wood, lit the four ends on fire, and extinguished the flames with the sacrifice of the goat's blood. The cross was carried to the first village by a messenger who
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Other songs from the poem set by Schubert are "The Boat-Song" beginning with the famous lines "Hail to the Chief", a mourning song sung for Duncan, "Coronach", "Normans Gesang", sung by Norman to Mary when he learns that he must join the Clan-Alpine muster, and finally "Lied des gefangenen Jägers"
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As he approaches the castle, he sees Douglas in the distance. Douglas has come to surrender himself in order to save Roderick and Malcolm; but before doing so, he stops to participate in the games of the festival. He wins so many events that he is brought to meet the king, but the king, giving him
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Fitz-James then plans to make his way out of the trap in the Highlands by walking out by night. He succeeds in doing this until he turns a rock and suddenly comes upon a mountaineer sitting by a fire. The warrior challenges him, and Fitz-James says he is not a friend to Roderick. However, the two
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Fitz-James leaves the island first thing in the morning. Ellen and Allan Bane discuss Roderick Dhu, Malcolm Graeme, and Fitz-James, agreeing that the first is bloodthirsty and homicidal, but the only person who would defend Douglas, and that Fitz-James is an attractive person, but may be a secret
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Terrified, Ellen collapses, but the king lifts her up and reassures her that her father has been pardoned, and asks whom else she would like released. Her generous first thought is of Roderick, but James tells her that he has died. Ellen is about to ask for Malcolm, but cannot speak; divining her
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On arriving at the ford, they begin to fight, the chieftain scorning to settle their differences any other way. Though Roderick is stronger, he is less skillful, and is badly wounded; when Fitz-James stops to address him, the chieftain defiantly seizes him by the throat; but he has lost too much
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When the ballad ends, Fitz-James appears. He has asked a guide, Murdoch, to bring him back to Loch Katrine. There he pleads with Ellen to leave the Highlands and elope with him. Ellen says she cannot marry him; first, she is the daughter of an outlaw; second, her heart is promised to another.
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The members of the clan drop everything they are doing to respond to the summons of their chief. Malise runs around the countryside, finally passing the burning cross on to Angus, the son of Duncan, a leading member of the clan who has just died; and Angus, in his turn, passes the summons on to
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Murdoch guides Fitz-James further, when they encounter Blanche of Devan. Blanche's bridegroom was slain by Clan Alpine on her wedding day, whereupon she lost her reason. Blanche sings a song of hunting, to warn Fitz-James that Murdoch and the other Clan Alpine men plan to trap and murder him.
544:'s cave so that he will not be associated with the Clan Alpine uprising. As Roderick is about to leave the island, he overhears Ellen singing a hymn to the Virgin. He sadly realizes that this is the last time he will ever hear Ellen's voice, and then prepares to go off to battle. 1592: 205:, each of which concerns the action of a single day. There are voluminous antiquarian notes. The poem has three main plots: the contest among three men, Roderick Dhu, James Fitz-James, and Malcolm Graeme, to win the love of Ellen Douglas; the feud and reconciliation of 295:
Scott announced good progress in November and December. There was some interruption from legal business, but the first two cantos were in print by 14 March, and the next two by 14 April with the fifth in the press and the sixth within sight of completion.
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occurs in a letter from Scott to Lady Abercorn dated 9 June 1806, where he says he has 'a grand work in contemplation … a Highland romance of Love Magic and War founded upon the manners of our mountaineers'. He saw this as doing for the
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I gave Mr. Johnson the privilege of choosing me a name, but told him he must not take from me the name of "Frederick." I must hold on to that, to preserve a sense of my identity. Mr. Johnson had just been reading the
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number 75 originally sold for 10 cents, and tens of thousands of copies were printed on cheap newsprint. It remains a collector's item more than six decades later, and is widely sold in used comic-book stores.
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is sometimes also referred to as "Schubert's Ave Maria". However, the music has become more famous in a later adaptation that replaced the Scott/Storck text with the Latin text of the Catholic "Ave Maria"
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Any man between the ages of 16 and 60 able to bear arms who failed to arrive at the appointed tryst in full battle gear met the same fate as the goat and cross – himself slain and his chattels burnt.
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continued to be a standard reading in elementary schools until the early twentieth century. Its influences are both extensive and diverse, given that both the last name taken by the leading
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if he ever encounters the chieftain he will revenge himself in full. On this, the mountaineer whistles, and five hundred men stand up from their hiding places; the mountaineer reveals that
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Despite Douglas' refusal to participate in the uprising, Roderick decides to commence the rebellion anyway. With a pagan prophet, Brian the Hermit, he fashions and sets alight the
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Ellen enters the room and looks around for King James. To her surprise, every man has doffed his hat except for Fitz-James, and she realises that Fitz-James is the king himself.
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That night he dreams of Ellen, only to see her face suddenly change to that of his exiled enemy, James Douglas – leading him to suspect that Ellen and Douglas are related.
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Ida E. Robbins "Reading and Literature" in James E. Russell (ed.) Teachers College Record: Elementary School Curriculum, Fourth and Fifth Year, Columbia University, 1907.
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men recognize each other as worthy warriors, and the mountaineer promises Fitz-James safe passage to Coilantogle ford. The two share a meal and go to sleep side by side.
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is about to begin battle against Roderick Dhu, and he is ordered to return with the news that both Roderick and Douglas have been captured and that no battle is needed.
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took his last name from the poem. When Douglass escaped from slavery, he changed his last name to Johnson to hide from his former master. A friend, Nathan Johnson of
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in general received a very positive critical reception, some considering it Scott's best poem to date. Several reviewers considered that defects perceived in
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that 'no less than 25,000 copies have disappeared in eight months and the demand is so far from being abated, that another edition of 3,000 is now at press'.
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Blanche of Devan, a lowland Scottish woman, whose bridegroom was murdered on her wedding day by the men of Clan Alpine, causing Blanche to lose her reason
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is used to summon Clan Alpine to rise against King James. This method of rallying supporters and publicizing their attacks was adapted by the second
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blood, and his strength fails him. Fitz-James wins after a long struggle, and with his bugle summons medical aid for Roderick before setting off for
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wish, the king jokingly orders that Malcolm be put in fetters, and after putting a gold chain around the man's neck, gives the clasp to Ellen.
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spoke one word; the place to meet. The village would send a messenger with the cross to the next village and relay the same message.
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the purse of prize-money, will not acknowledge him as an acquaintance. Provoked, Douglas names himself, and is immediately seized.
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Dumbarton Castle: Its Place in the General History of Scotland, Forming Part I of a Revised History of Dumbartonshire
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Fitz-James is disappointed, but before he leaves he gives her a ring, saying that if she needs anything from the
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is Roderick . Wishing to have this combat all to himself, he dismisses the men who were waiting to ambush.
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leave his territory, which he does, refusing even to borrow a boat, swimming across the loch to the shore.
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Manners, customs and history of the Highlanders of Scotland; Historical account of the clan MacGregor.
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is a very old Highland clan in re-establishment, whom many clans claim descendant from, e.g. the
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The poem is not based upon specific historic events, but has certain elements that occurred in
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meet in heaven next if they met nowhere else. Allan-Bane seeks to distract her by singing the
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Volume 2, JM Dent & Sons, Ltd, E.P. Dutton & Co., Everyman Flatback 1906-1920 p505
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Ellen Douglas – Lady of the Lake. 'In listening mood, she seemed to stand, / The guardian
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was a device for rallying people in Scotland and did not carry racist connotations.
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave (Civil War Classics)
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Walter Scott's poem, in the German translation by Adam Storck, was set to music by
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The huntsman blows his horn to try to contact someone, and wanders to the shore of
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave: Written by Himself
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The lady of the lake, a poem. Illustr. with engr. from the designs of R. Westall
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is due to appear as Volume 3 of The Edinburgh Edition of Walter Scott's Poetry.
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The History of Scotland from Agricola's Invasion to the Revolution of 1688: VI
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But in January 1807 he had decided to postpone the Highland work in favour of
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The Letters of Sir Walter Scott 1831‒1832 and Appendices of Early Letters
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Clan Alpine escort Roderick Dhu to the island, singing the boat song, '
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where a young woman, Ellen Douglas, rows across and picks him up in a
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The next morning, Ellen and Allan-Bane enter the guard-room at
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Bannerman, G., Baxter, K., Cook, D. and Jarron, M. (2019),
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number 75, "The Lady of the Lake". It was illustrated by
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Duncan, a leading member of Clan Alpine who has just died
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derive from the influence of the poem (through the film
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Ellen Douglas Birdseye Wheaton (1816–1858), author of
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Norman, a bridegroom, interrupting Norman's wedding.
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Sir Walter Scott: A Bibliographical History 1796‒1832
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was reputed to travel anonymously among his subjects.
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The poem begins with a rapid-moving hunt, chasing a
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Index

The Lady of Shalott
Walter Scott

John Pye
Richard Westall
Meter
Iambic tetrameter
John Ballantyne
Longman
W. Miller
Marmion
The Vision of Don Roderick
The Lady of the Lake
Wikisource
narrative poem
Sir Walter Scott
Trossachs
cantos
King James V of Scotland
Lowland Scots
Highland clans
Highland Revival

Gaelic
Eilean
Molach
Loch Katrine
Clan McGregor
Highlands
The Lay of the Last Minstrel

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