THE

LADY OF THE LAKE,

A POEM.

BY

WALTER SCOTT, Esq.

THE TWELFTH EDITION.

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO. EDINBURGH;
AND LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, LONDON.

69.583

TO

THE MOST NOBLE

JOHN JAMES,

MARQUIS OF ABERCORN,

&c. &c. &c.

THIS POEM IS INSCRIBED

BY

THE AUTHOR.

ARGUMENT.

The Scene of the following Poem is laid chiefly in the vicinity of Loch-Katrine, in the Western Highlands of Perthshire. The Time of Action includes Six Days, and the transactions of each day occupy a

Canto.