Lucy Ashton's Song

More poems by Sir Walter Scott

• “Breathes there the man?”

  From “The Lay of the Last Minstrel,” Canto VI.
  BREATHES there the man with soul so dead
  Who never to himself hath said, …

• Helvellyn

  [In the spring of 1805, a young gentleman of talents, and of a most amiable disposition, perished by losing his way on the mountain Helvellyn. His remains were not discovered till three months afterwards, when they were found guarded by a faithful terrier, his constant attendant during frequent s…

• Lochinvar

  OH! young Lochinvar is come out of the west,
  Through all the wide Border his steed was the best;
  And save his good broadsword he weapons had none. …

• The Stag Hunt

  From “The Lady of the Lake,” Canto I.
  THE STAG at eve had drunk his fill,
  Where danced the moon on Monan’s rill, …

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