EDITOR’S PREFACE.
I. SCOTT AT ASHESTIEL.
II. COMPOSITION OF ‘MARMION.’
III. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POEM.
IV. CRITICISMS OF THE POEM.
V. THE TEXT OF THE POEM.
MARMION
A TALE OF FLODDEN FIELD
IN SIX CANTOS
INTRODUCTION TO CANTO FIRST.
TO WILLIAM STEWART ROSE, ESQ.
Ashestiel, Ettrick Forest.
CANTO FIRST.
THE CASTLE.
INTRODUCTION TO CANTO SECOND.
CANTO SECOND.
THE CONVENT.
INTRODUCTION TO CANTO THIRD.
CANTO THIRD.
THE HOSTEL, OR INN.
INTRODUCTION TO CANTO FOURTH.
CANTO FOURTH.
THE CAMP.
INTRODUCTION TO CANTO FIFTH.
CANTO FIFTH.
THE COURT.
INTRODUCTION TO CANTO SIXTH.
CANTO SIXTH.
THE BATTLE.
L’Envoy.
NOTES
by
Thomas Bayne
INTRODUCTION TO CANTO FIRST.
CANTO FIRST.
INTRODUCTION TO CANTO SECOND.
CANTO SECOND.
INTRODUCTION TO CANTO THIRD.
CANTO THIRD.
INTRODUCTION TO CANTO FOURTH.
CANTO FOURTH.
INTRODUCTION TO CANTO FIFTH.
CANTO FIFTH.
INTRODUCTION TO CANTO SIXTH.
CANTO SIXTH.
L’ENVOY.
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