LAYS OF THE SCOTTISH CAVALIERS
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This Volume is a verbatim reprint of the first edition (1849).
CONTENTS
LAYS OF THE SCOTTISH CAVALIERS EDINBURGH AFTER FLODDEN (Poem) THE EXECUTION OF MONTROSE (Poem | Notes) THE HEART OF THE BRUCE (Poem) THE BURIAL MARCH OF DUNDEE (Poem) THE WIDOW OF GLENCOE (Poem) THE ISLAND OF THE SCOTS (Poem) CHARLES EDWARD AT VERSAILLES (Poem | Notes) THE OLD SCOTTISH CAVALIER (Poem)
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS BLIND OLD MILTON HERMOTIMUS OENONE THE BURIED FLOWER THE OLD CAMP DANUBE AND THE EUXINE THE SCHEIK OF SINAI EPITAPH OF CONSTANTINE KANARIS THE REFUSAL OF CHARON
LAYS OF THE SCOTTISH CAVALIERS
EDINBURGH AFTER FLODDEN
The great battle of Flodden was fought upon the 9th of September, 1513. The defeat of the Scottish army, mainly owing to the fantastic ideas of chivalry entertained by James IV., and his refusal to avail himself of the natural advantages of his position, was by far the most disastrous of any recounted in the history of the northern wars. The whole strength of the kingdom, both Lowland and Highland, was assembled, and the contest was one of the sternest and most desperate upon record.
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