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William of Deloraine in Melrose Abbey

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Artist

Lady Scott

Collection

The Buccleuch Collections

Acknowledgements

Digitised by TWW

Description

Pasted onto the back of the frame is a quote from the second canto of Sir Walter Scott’s poem ‘The Lay of the Last Minstrel’:
“The moon-beam kissed the holy pane,
And threw on the pavement a bloody stain.
They sate them down on a marble stone;
(A Scottish monarch slept below)
‘Thus spoke the Monk, in solemn tone
‘Lo, Warrior! now, the Cross of Red
‘Points to the grave of the mighty dead”.