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death of Lord Melville and President
Blair, 264. On the Vision of Don
Roderick, 277. Dedication to him of
Rokeby, 289. Letter on Rokeby, 311.
"Morte Arthur," romance of the, ex-
tract from regarding the " Chapell
Perilous," 145.

Mortham Castle, description of, 355.
Morton, Earl of, Regent, 236. 598.
Moss-troopers, 48. See Borderers.
Motherwell, William, his collection of
ballads, 550.

Mottoes, "sooner make than find them,"
660.

"MOTTOES from the Waverley Novels,"

658 passim 719.
Mull, the Sound of, 464.
Mummers, English, 166.
Murder, superstition formerly resorted
to for the discovery of, 773.

Mure, John of Auchindrane, 770. His
son James, 772.
Murray, Thomas, Randolph, Earl of,
at Bannockburn, 454. 489. 491. 493.
the Regent, death of, 595.

Mr. William, manager of the
Theatre-Royal. Edinburgh, 707.
"MY AUNT MARGARET'S MIRROR,"

Mottoes from, 713.

Mysteries, ancient, 166

N.

NEAL NAIGHVALLACH, an Irish King of
the fourth or fifth century, 362.
"Neck Verse," the, 12.
Necromancy, 47, 48. 66.

Nelson, Lord, tribute to the memory of,
77. 104. "Unpleasant chapter in his
history." 794, n.

Newark Castle, on the Yarrow. 9.
Nicholas, Grand-Duke (now Emperor)
of Russia, "VERSES sung after a din-
ner given to him at Edinburgh," 66.
"No, John, I will not own the book,"
647.

"NOBLE MORINGER, THE," 618.
"NORA'S VOw," 655.

Norham Castle, 147.
"NORMAN-HORSE SHOE, THE” 630,

The Forrester's Song." 672.

"NORNA'S SONGS AND INCANTATIONS,"
689-692.

North Berwick, 126.

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Penance vanits, 155.

Penrith, "Round table" of, 379. 405.
Pepys, Secretary, his collection of bal-
lads, 543.

Pepper, Father, 565.

Percy, Bishop, his copy of "Chevy
Chace," 540. "Reliques of Ancient
Poetry," 544. Imitations of the an-
cient ballad, 557.

Henry, at Homildon Hill, 721.
Thomas, his defence of the bishop
against Ritson's criticism, 547.
'PEVERIL OF THE PEAK," Mottoes
from, 699-701.

"PHAROS LOQUITUR,” 640.

Philipson, Major Robert, called "Ro-
bin the Devil," 372.
Pibroch, the, 237.

"PIEROCH OF DONALD DHU," 655.
Picton, Sir Thomas, 505.
Picts, the, a Celtic race, 541.
Pilgrims, 151.

Pinkerton, John, his collection of bal-
lads, 548. 703. List of Scottish poets,

548.

"PIRATE," Verses from the, 687-693.
Pisistratus, Homer's Works, collected
by, 538.

Pitcairn, Robert, Esq. Editor of "Cri-
minal Trials of Scotland," 775. Ex-
tracts from his work, 771, 772. 774.
"PITT CLUB of Scotland, SONGS written
for the." 639, 640.

Pitt, Right Hon. William, 633. "Among
those who smiled on the adventurous
minstrel," 6. Procured for Scott the
office of Clerk of Session, 73, 74. Tri-
butes to his memory. 76. 143. His
grave beside that of Mr. Fox, 78, 79.
Plotcock, summons of, preceding the
battle of Flodden, 125. 165. 649.
"POACHER, THE," 636.
"POETRY, POPULAR, Introductory Re-
marks on," 537. Continuation of the
subject under the title of "Essay on
the Imitations of the Ancient Ballad,"
554.
"POETRY, ROMANTIC, Remarks on," 373.
State of the art of, at the end
of the 18th century, 560.
Poniatowski, Count, 504.
Ponsonby, Sir William, 505.
Pope, lines from, on the ruling passion,
93, n.
Priam, 107.

Pringle, the late Alexander, Esq. of
Whytbank, 87, n.

"PROPHECY, THE," 563. 672.
Pryse,"to sound the." 597. 599.
Pye, Henry James, Esq., 565.

Q.

QUARTERLY REVIEW, critical notices
from, on the Lady of the Lake, 188.
198. 215. Den Roderick, 266. 269, 270,
271. 276. Rokeby, 289. 292. 343, 344.
346. Bridal of Triermain, 377. 379.
381, 382. 386. 401, 402. And Lord of
the Isles, 410. 417. 424. 427. 432. 440.
460, 461.
"QUENTIN DURWARD," Verses from,
701-2.

R.

RAE, Right Hon. Sir William, 109.
Ramsay, Sir Alexander, of Dalhousie,
cruel murder of, 52.

Allan, structure of stanza used
by him, 542. As a ballad collector,
544. His "Tea-Table Miscellany,"
64. 544. And "Vision." 548.

Captain, at the action of Fuen-
tes d'Honoro, 283.

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Rob Roy, death-bed anecdote of, 227, n.
See Macgregor.

"ROB ROY," Verses from, 667-8.
Robin Hood, 218. 258. 538. 543. 549.
Rogers, Samuel, Esq., "the Bard of
Memory," 560,

Roderick, Gothic King of Spain, de-
feated and killed by the Moors, 174
280. His enchanted cavern, 279. 2
See Don Roderick.
"ROKEBY," 285.

Rokeby Castle, 300, 354. 364.

family of, 354. 364.

Felon Sow of, 365.

Roman antiquities at Greta Bridge,

353.

camp, at Ardoch, 255.
ROMANCE OF DUNOIS," 650,
Romance literature, birth of, 161.
Romilly, Sir Samuel, his opinion of the
Lady of the Lake, 222, n.

Rose, William Stewart, Esq. Dedica
tion to, of the First Canto of Marmion,
76.

Roslin. 70. 603.

Ross, John, Earl of, his treaty with K.
Edward IV., 463.

Ross, William, Earl of, deed containing
his submission to K. Robert Bruce,
492.

--Sir Walter, 484.

"Round Table," 145. 405.

Roxburghe Club, the, 704.

John, Duke of, 543 566.
Rum, Island of, 482.
Russell, Major-General Sir James, of
Ashestiel, 73.

Rutherford, Miss Christian, aunt of Sar
Walter Scott, 173. 622.

of Hunthill, family of, 67.

S.

ST. CLAIR, family of, 69, 70.
"SAINT CLOUD,” 648.
Saint John, Vale of, 405.

St Mary's Lake. 152.

"ST. RONAN'S WELL," Mottoes from,
702.

"ST. SWITHIN'S CHAIR," 644.
Saints. St. Bride of Douglas, 71. Chad,
142. 171. Columba, 5. Cuthbert,
153, 154, 155. Dunstan, 235. Fillan.
151. 590. George, 506. Hida. 2.
154. Maronock, 263. Medan, S.
Mungo, 11. Отап, 590. Regulus.
(Scottice Rule.) 151. Rosalia, 130.
Serle, 217. Trimon, 783

"Sale Room," the, an Edinburgh perio-

dical, 661, n.; 665, n.
Sallust, Extract from, on the Death of
Catiline, 503, n.
Sangreal, the, 145.

Saxons, the Anglo, their language, 541.
545. 553; and poetry, 675-6.
"SAXON WAR-SONG," 675.
Scalds, antique poetry of the, 676.
Scales-tarn, Lake of, 379.
Schiller, 560. 562. 796.

Schiltrum, signification of, 493, n.
Scots Magazine, the, extracts from, 96.

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62. 152.

"the Flower of Yarrow," 25.

Sir Michael, 15. 52, 53, 54.
Miss Sophia, the author's daughter,
618, n.

Robert, of Sandy knows, the au-
thor's grandfather, 99.

Walter, Lessudden, the author's
great-grandsire, 129. 166.

Major Sir Walter, the author's eld-
est son, 652.

and Kerr, feuds of the families of,
47.

Sea-fire, phenomenon so called, 468.
Seaforth, the last Earl of, 647, n.
Seal, its taste for music, 410. 464.
"SEARCH AFTER HAPPINESS, the; or,
the Quest of Sultaun Solimaun," 661.
Seatoun, Christopher, fate of, 474.
Second-sight, account of the, 232. 590.
"SECRET TRIBUNAL RHYMES," 715.
"Selectors of the slain," 70.
"SEMPACH, BATTLE OF," 615.
Serendib, 661.

"SETTING SUN," Juvenile Lines on the,
623.

Seven Spears of Wedderburn, 30.

Shields, the Castle of the, ballad
of, 526.
Seward, Miss Anna, criticisms by, 17, n.;
23, n. 40, n. Letter to, 40, n. Epi-
taph designed for her monument, 635.
Seymour, Lord Webb, 370.
Shakspeare, his description of a popular
song, 555.

Shane-Dymas, an Irish chieftain in the
reign of Elizabeth, 363.

"Sharpe, Sir Cuthbert, LINES to," 712.
Sharpe, Charles K., Esq. of Hoddam,
540, n.; 550, n.; 742.

Shaw, Mr. James, notice of a list of Sir
Walter Scott's publications prepared
by him, 565.

Sheale, Richard, the author or tran-
scriber of "Chevy Chase," 540, 553.
"SHEPHERD'S TALE, THE," 624.

Sheridan, Thomas, Esq., 359.
Shoreswood, the priest of, 150.
Sibbald, Mr. James, 703.

Siddons, Mrs. Henry, EPILOGUES writ-
ten for, 669. 706.

Sidney, Sir Philip, his opinion of the
ballad of "Chevy Chase," 539, n.,
540.555.

Sinclair, Right Hon. Sir John, 697.
"Sir Charles Baudwin," Chatterton's
ballad of, 557.

"Sir Caulin," ib. 547.

"Sir Eger, Sir Grime, and Sir Greysteil,"
romances of, 541.

"Sir Martyn," a forgotten poem of
Mickle, extract from, 553.
"Sir Patrick Spens," old Scottish song
of, 569.

"Sir Tristrem," metrical romance of
Thomas the Rymer," 542. 557. 581.
Skene, James, Esq. of Rubislaw, Dedi-
cation to, of the Fourth Canto of Mar-
mion, 105.

Skirving, Mr., author of a Ballad on the
Battle of Prestonpans, 556.

Sky, Island of, description of its scen-
ery, 427. 478.

Smailholm Tower, description of, 591.
"SMITH, MISS, LINES WRITTEN FOR,"
665.

Smith, Sir Sidney, Tribute to, 97.
Smythe, Professor at Cambridge, 571.
Snakes and Serpents, 70.

Snood, worn by Scottish maidens, 196.

241.

Snow, description of a man perishing in,
106. 158.

Snowdoun, (Stirling,) 229. 260.
"SOLDIER WAKE, SONG," 707.
Soltier, Sir John, 62, 63.

Somerled, Lord of the Isles, 412. 465.
Somerville, John, 15th Lord, 410, n;
694, n.

Lord, (temp. Jac. III.) anec-
dote of, 704, n.
SONGS-

Admire not that I gain'd the prize,
746.

A Hawick gill of mountain dew, 696.
Ah! County Guy, the hour is nigh, 701.
Ah, poor Louise! the live-long day,
713.

Allan-a-Dale has no fagot for burning,

315.

All joy was bereft me the day that
you left me, 632.

An hour with thee! when earliest day,
711.

And did you not hear of a mirth befel,
642.

And whither would you lead me then!

332.

Anna-Maria, love, up is the sun, 676.
Assist me, ye friends of old books and
old wine, 703.

Ave Maria! maiden mild! 202.
A weary lot is thine, fair maid, 315.
A weary month has wander'd o'er, 648.
Birds of omen dark and foul, 673.
Canny moment, lucky fit, 652.
Dark Ahriman, whom Irak still, 708.
Dinas Emlinn, lament; for the mo-
ment is nigh, 630.

Donald Caird's come again, 670.
Dust unto dust, 677.

Enchantress, farewell, who so oft has
decoy'd me, 694.

False love, and hast thou play'd me
this? 643.

Farewell to MacKenneth, great Earl
of the North, 647.

Farewell merry maidens to song and
to laugh, 690.,

Farewell to Northmaven, 687.

Fathoms deep beneath the wave, 688.
Follow me, follow me, 647.

From the Brown crest of Newark its
summons extending, 651.
Gin by pailfuls, wine in rivers, 653.
Glowing with love, on fire for fame, 651.
God protect brave Alexander, 656.
Go sit old Cheviot's crest below, 627.
Hail to the chief who in triumph ad-
vances, 189.

Hail to thy cold and clouded beam, 298.

SONGS.

Hawk and osprey screamed for joy,

521.

Hear what Highland Nora said, 655.
He is gone on the mountain, 198.
Hie away, hie away, 644.
High deeds achiev'd of knightly fame,
674.

Hither we come, 776.

Hurra, hurra, our watch is done, 397.
I asked of my harp, "Who hath in-
jured thy cords?" 707.

I climb'd the dark brow of the mighty
Helvellyn, 629.

Ill fares the bark with tackle riven,

522.

I'll give thee, good fellow, a twelve
month or twain, 675.

It chanced that Cupid on a season, 651.
It was a' for our rightful king, 359.
It was an English ladye bright, 37.
It was Dunois the young and brave,
was bound for Palestine, 650.

I was a wild and wayward boy, 329.
Joy to the victors! the sons of old
Aspen, 803.

Look not thou on beauty's charming,

672.

Lord William was born in gilded
bower, 517.

Love wakes and weeps, 690.
MacLeod's wizard flag from the grey
castle sallies, 669.

March, march, Ettrick and Teviot-
dale, 682.

Measurers of good and evil, 715.
Merry it is in the good green wood, 205.
Merrily swim we, the moon shines
bright, 678.

My hawk is tired of perch and hood,
227.

My wayward fate I needs must plain,

634.

Not faster yonder rowers' might, 186.
O, Brignall banks are wild and fair,

311.

O, dread was the time, and more
dreadful the omen, 640.

Of all the birds on bush and tree, 685.
Oh! say not, my love, with that
mortified air, 637.

O, hush thee, my babie, thy sire was
a knight, 652.

O, Lady, twine no wreath for me, 328.
O listen, listen, ladies gay! 39.
O, lovers' eyes are sharp to see, 632.
O, low shone the sun on the fair lake
of Toro, 631.

O, Maid of Isla, from the cliff, 694.
Once again, but how changed since
my wand'rings began, 654.

On Ettrick Forest's mountains dun,
694.

On Hallow-Mass Eve, 'ere you boune
ye to rest, 644.

O, open the door, some pity to show,
631.

O, Robin Hood was a bowman good,
752.

O, tell me, harper, wherefore flow? 639.
Our vicar still preaches that Peter
and Poule, 221.

O, young Lochinvar is come out of the
west, 121.

Pibroch of Donuil Dhu, 655.
Quake to your foundations deep, 400.
Rash adventurer, bear thee back, 396.
Red glows the forge in Striguil's
bounds, 630.

Saufen bier, und brante-wein, 653.
She may be fair, he sang, but yet, 522.
Since here we are set in array round
the table, 633.

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The Baptist's fair morrow beheld gal-
lant feats, 709.

The Druid Urien had daughters seven,
526.

The Forest of Glenmore is drear, 628.
The heath this night must be my bed,
200.

The herring loves the merry moon-
light, 657.

The last of our steers on the board has
been spread, 717.

The monk must arise when the matins
ring, 672.

The moon's on the lake, and the
mist's on the brae, 656.

The news has flown frae mouth to
mouth, 695.

The sound of Rokeby's woods I hear,
331.

The sun is rising dimly red, 688.
The sun upon the lake is low, 742.
The sun upon the Weirdlaw Hill, 666.
The violet in her greenwood bower,
624.

There came three merry men from
south, west, and north, 677.
There is mist on the mountain, and
night on the vale, 645.

They bid me sleep, they bid me pray,
208.

Though right be aft put down by
strength, 639.

To horse! to horse! the standard flies,
604.

To the Lords of Convention 'twas
Claver'se who spoke, 759.
'Twas All-soul's eve, and Surrey's
heart beat high, 38.
'Twas a Maréchal of France, and he

fain would honour gain, 637.
'Twas near the fair city of Benevent,
709.

Twist ye, twine ye! even so, 653.
Viewless essence, thin and bare, 713.
Wake, maid of Lorn, 410.

Waken, lords and ladies gay, 634.
Wasted, weary, wherefore stay? 653.
We love the shrill trumpet, we love
the drums rattle, 744.

What makes the troopers' frozen
courage muster? 809.
Wheel the wild dance, 649.

When Israel of the Lord beloved, 676.
Whence the brooch of burning gold,

419.

When friends are met o'er merry
cheer, 760.

When the heathen trumpets clang,
666.

When the tempest's at the loudest,
751.

Whet the bright steel, 675.

While the dawn on the mountain was
misty and grey. 330.
Where shall the lover rest? 100.
Why sit'st thou by that ruin'd hall?
657

SONGS.

INDEX.

Why weep ye by the tide, ladie? 654.
Yes, thou may'st sigh, 714.

Young men will love thee more fair
and more fast, 645.
Southey, Dr. Robert, Letter from, on
Marmion, 143, n. Lines from his
Roderick contrasted with some of
Scott's, 267, n. ; 268, n. ; 273. And Pil-
grimage to Waterloo, 500, n.; passim
506, n. His Imitations of Ballad
Poetry, 558. 567. Extract from his
Life of Nelson, 794.

Spain, Defence of, under the Invasion
of Bonaparte, 280.

Invasion of, by the Moors, 278.
War with, in 1625-6, 358.
Speates and Raxes," Story of, 704.
Spells, 57.

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Spencer, Earl, 74.

Spenser, Edmund, 116. 300. Extract
from his "Faerie Queene," 276.
Spirits, intermediate class of, 48. 157.
241, 242. 354. 599, 600.

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Spirit's Blasted Tree," Legend of the,
166-168,

Staffa, Cave of, 435. 482.

Standard, The Battle of the, 156.
Stanhope, Lady Hester, 6, n.
Stewart, Professor Dugald, 559. 564.
Stirling Castle, 217. 256. 259.
Stoddart, Sir John, 5.
Strafford, Earl of, 253.
Strathmore, Earl of, killed at Sheriff-
muir, 737, n.

Strathbogie. Sec Athole.

Stuart, Sir William of Ochiltree, mur-
der of, in 1588, 235.

Strutt, Joseph, his Romance of Queen-
hoo-hall, 257.

"SUB-PRIOR, TO THE," 679.
Sultaun Solimaun, 661.
Superstitions, Popular, 157. 773. See
also "Fairies," "Ghosts," 'Spirits."
Surrey, Earl of, (beheaded in 1546,) 69.
Surtees, Robert, Esq. 523, n.
Sutherland, Duchess of, 697. 726.
Swinton, Sir John, 722. Arms of the
family of, 724.

Swiss Guards, Massacre of the, in 1792,
604.

Swords, enchanted, 236.
Sympathy, cure of a wound by, 57, 58.

T.

Taghairm, a Highland mode of augury,
244, 245, 246.

"Tales of Wonder, Lewis," 566.
"TALISMAN," Verses from the, 708-11
Tanistry, Irish custom of, 361. 786.
Tantallan Castle, 127. 164.

Taylor, William, Esq., his version of
"Lenore," 564.

Tecbir, The, the War-cry of the Saracens,
268. 280.

Tees, the River, 316.
Teith, the River, 178.

"TEMPEST, SONG OF THE," 687.
Terry, the late Mr. Daniel, comedian,
652, n; 742.

Theatre, the, 546.

Themis, 2.

Thomas of Erceldoune, or "The Rhym-
er," account of him, 572. His Pro-
phecies, 573, 574. Legend of, 627.
541, 542. 545.
"Thomas the Rhymer," a Ballad in
Three Parts, 572.

Thomson, Mr. D. of Galashiels, 670, n.
Thomson, Thomas, Esq. Deputy-Regis-
ter, 488.

"THUNDER STORM," Juvenile lines on
a, 623.

Tickell, Mr., his Ballad Poetry, 556.
558.
"TIME," 657.
Time, 194.

and tide, 346.

Tinchell, the, 225, n.; 566.

'To A LADY, with flowers from a Ro-
man wall," 624.

Town Eclogue, 25, n.

Train, Mr. Joseph, his assistance in col-
lecting information for the author,
486, 487. Note from, (1840) 452.
Tribunal, the Secret, or Invisible, of
Germany, 796.

Triermain. See "Bridal of Triermain.”
family of, 404.

Trosachs, the, 179.
"TROUBADOUR, THE," 651.

Trouveurs, or Troubadours, 538.

Tunes, attachment to, on death-beds,

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Valour, personification of, 269.
Vaughan, Right Hon. R. C., 281.
Vaux, family of, 404.

Venetian General, anecdote of a, 737, n.
Vengeance, feudal, a dreadful tale of
482.

Vennachar, Loch, 178.

"VIOLET, THE," 623-4.
Virgil, his magical practices, 54. 66.
His Eneid translated by Gawain
Douglas, Bishop of Dunkeld, 134.
"VIRGIL," Juvenile Lines from, 623
"Vision, The," a poem, 548

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Wellington, Duke of, 273, 274, 275. 282,
283, 284. "The Field of Waterloo,"
503 passim; 633, 639, 640.
Wellington, Duchess of, dedication of
"The Field of Waterloo" to, 499.
"When with poetry dealing," 711.
Whistling to raise a tempest, 354.
Whitbread, Samuel, Esq., 633.
Whitby Abbey, 153.

"WHITE LADY OF AVENEL," Songs of
the, 678-682.

Whitmore, John, Esq., &c., dedication
of the Vision of Don Roderick to, 264.
"WILD HUNTSMAN, THE," 610.
Wilkes, John, Esq., 175.

"WILLIAM AND HELEN," 606.
Willich, Dr., teacher of German, 561.
"Will Jones," Lewis's ballad of, 570,
571.

Wilson, Professor, 550, n.
Wine, presents of, 162.
Witchcraft, 302, n. 357.

"WOGAN, CAPTAIN, LINES ON," 646.
Wolfian hypothesis, 537, n.
Woman, apostrophe to, 140.
Woodhouselee, Lord. See Tytler, A. F.
Esq.

"WOODSTOCK," Verses from, 711-12.
Wordsworth, William, Esq., his poem
on Yarrow, 36, n.; 42, n.

Letter

from, on Marmion, 143, n. Eulogium
Imitations

on the Zaragozans, 282.
of the ballad style, 558.
Wrestling, prize at, 258.
Wynken de Worde, 109.

X.

XERES, account of the Battle of, 280.
Z.

ZAHARACK, race of, 396.

Zaragoza, account of the Siege of, 281.
Zernebock, 519.

"ZETLAND FISHERMEN, SONG OF THE,
690.

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