Scott's Lady of the Lake

by Walter Scott

Firmer he grasp’d the Cross of strife,

Until the opposing bank he gain’d,

And up the chapel pathway strain’d.

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A blithesome rout, that morning tide,[203]

Had sought the chapel of St. Bride.

Her troth Tombea’s[204] Mary gave

To Norman, heir of Armandave,[205]

And, issuing from the Gothic arch,

The bridal[206] now resumed their march.