The Lay of the Last Minstrel

The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805)
by Walter Scott

'The Lay of the Last Minstrel', a poem in six cantos, was first published in 1805. This transcription is of the first edition. It features extensive notes to each of the cantos, and links from the relevant verse to the accompanying note have been included. In a few instances, the wording in the work and the wording in the note differ somewhat.
The errors identified in the errata have been corrected, where possible, there being errors in the errata.

26296The Lay of the Last Minstrel1805Walter Scott

THE

LAY

OF

THE LAST MINSTREL

A POEM.

BY

WALTER SCOTT, Esq.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, AND ORME, PATERNOSTER-ROW
AND A. CONSTABLE AND CO. EDINBURGH,

By James Ballantyne, Edinburgh.

1805.

TO

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

CHARLES,

EARL OF DALKEITH,

THIS

POEM

IS INSCRIBED BY

THE AUTHOR.

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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