Sir Walter Scott's Poetry, by first line

• Breathes There the Man... From the Lay of the Last Minstrel

  Breathes there the man, with soul so dead,
  Who never to himself hath said,

  16 lines, 1 comment
• Farewell to the Muse

  Enchantress, farewell, who so oft hast decoy'd me,
  At the close of the evening through woodlands to roam,

  24 lines, 1 comment
• Jock of Hazeldean

  "Why weep ye by the tide, ladie?
  Why weep ye by the tide?

  32 lines
• Donald Caird's Come Again

  Donald Caird can lilt and sing,
  Blithely dance the Hieland fling

  65 lines
• MacGregor's Gathering

  The moon's on the lake, and the mist's on the brae,
  And the Clan has a name that is nameless by day;

  30 lines
• Lullaby of an Infant Chief

  O hush thee, my babie, thy sire was a knight,
  Thy mother a lady, both lovely and bright;

  18 lines
• Patriotism 2: Nelson, Pitt, Fox

  TO mute and to material things
  New life revolving summer brings;

  143 lines
• The Maid of Neidpath

  O lovers' eyes are sharp to see,
  And lovers' ears in hearing;

  32 lines, 2 comments
• Wandering Willie

  All joy was bereft me the day that you left me,
  And climb'd the tall vessel to sail yon wide sea;

  40 lines
• It was an English Ladye Bright

  It was an English ladye bright,
  (The sun shines fair on Carlisle wall,)

  32 lines
• The Bridal Of Triermain

  Come Lucy! while 'tis morning hour
  The woodland brook we needs must pass;

  1018 lines
• The Lord of the Isles: Canto II.

  Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!
  Summon the gay, the noble, and the fair!

  674 lines
• Major Bellenden's Song

  And what though winter will pinch severe
  Through locks of grey and a cloak that's old?

  8 lines
• Verses Found in Bothwell's Pocket-book

  Thy hue, dear pledge, is pure and bright
  As in that well-remember'd night

  31 lines
• Elspeth's Ballad

  The herring loves the merry moon-light,
  The mackerel loves the wind,

  52 lines
• The Dying Gipsy Smuggler

  Wasted, weary, wherefore stay,
  Wrestling thus with earth and clay?

  17 lines
• Why Sit'st Thou By That Ruin'd Hall?

  "Why sit'st thou by that ruin'd hall,
  Thou aged carle so stern and grey?

  16 lines
• Lines On Captain Wogan. To An Oak Tree

  Emblem of England's ancient faith,
  Full proudly may thy branches wave,

  33 lines
• Flora Macivor's Song

  There is mist on the mountain, and night on the vale,
  But more dark is the sleep of the sons of the Gael.

  60 lines
• Waverly

  Late, when the Autumn evening fell
  On Mirkwood–Mere's romantic dell,

  44 lines
• Davie Gellatley's Song

  Young men will love thee more fair and more fast;
  \Heard ye so merry the little bird sing?\

  12 lines
• St. Swithin's Chair

  On Hallow-Mass Eve, ere yon boune ye to rest,
  Ever beware that your couch be bless'd;

  32 lines
• The Noble Moringer

  O, will you hear a knightly tale of old Bohemian day,
  It was the noble Moringer in wedlock bed he lay;

  215 lines
• The Wild Huntsman

  The Wildgrave winds his bugle-horn,
  To horse, to horse! halloo, halloo!

  208 lines
• The Battle of Sempach

  'Twas when among our linden-trees
  The bees had housed in swarms,

  164 lines
• Lochinvar

  O, young Lochinvar is come out of the west,
  Through all the wide Border his steed was the best;

  48 lines, 6 comments
• The Truth of Woman

  Woman's faith, and woman's trust -
  Write the characters in the dust;

  16 lines
• Hunter's Song

  The toils are pitched, and the stakes are set,
  Ever sing merrily, merrily;

  16 lines, 1 comment
• Where Shall the Lover Rest

  Where shall the lover rest
  Whom the fates sever

  41 lines
• On Leaving Mrs. Brown's Lodgings

  So goodbye, Mrs. Brown,
  I am going out of town,

  13 lines

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