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Marmion

Sir Walter Scott

Book Overview: 

Marmion is an epic poem in six cantos, written in emulation of the ancient Scottish minstrel style which was of such great interest to Scott. Unlike its predecessor, The Lay of the Last Minstrel, this one contains "introductions" to each canto, in the guise of poetic letters which serve the purpose of linking the ancient historical setting with Scott's contemporaneous society - a device which attracted some criticism.

The story of Lord Marmion and his arch-enemy Harold de Wilton is told with Scott's familiar swirling dark flair, combining a complex tale of intrigue, inconstancy and deception with the historical details of the Battle of Flodden Field, in which the English forces routed those of Scotland, killing the Scottish king.

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Away its hurrying waters break, 245
Faster and whiter dash and curl,
Till down yon dark abyss they hurl.
Rises the fog-smoke white as snow,
Thunders the viewless stream below,
Diving, as if condemn’d to lave 250
Some demon’s subterranean cave,
Who, prison’d by enchanter’s spell,
Shakes the dark rock with groan and yell.
And well that Palmer’s form and mien
Had suited with the stormy scene, 255
Just on the edge, straining his ken
To view the bottom of the den,
Where, deep deep down, and far within,
Toils with the rocks the roaring linn;
Then, issuing forth one foamy wave, 260
And wheeling round the Giant’s Grave,
White as the snowy charger’s tail,
Drives down the pass of Moffatdale.

Marriott, thy harp, on Isis strung,
To many a Border theme has rung: 265
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Community Reviews

It took me FOREVER to read this, but the wording is so graceful. It takes you to another time.

For those who don't know, this is a poem in six cantos, but each canto is prefaced by a long poetic dedicatory canto. I found I liked the historical story, but found the preliminary poems less interesting and rather intrusive. I think if I had been reading it in book, rather than ebook, format I wou

Why don't people still write like this? I hate modern poetry and this is why. This is real writing, something that we lack in our culture.

Writers nowadays are taught that every scene must serve a purpose and that you must start in the middle of the story and that you must keep the plot moving along sprightly. Which is probably why I much prefer nineteenth century literature, and why many of my favorite twentieth century authors (I don

Marmion was excellent; although, The Lady of the Lake is still my absolute favorite epic poem written by Sir Walter Scott. I was so pleased that things ended well for fair Clara and her fiancée, De Wilton. Scott does know how to craft a beautiful happy ending. He has quickly become one of my favorit

I read this book as it is referred to in Stoker's Dracula (as containing the legend of the erring nun who was walled up in Whitby Abbey and whose ghost allegedly haunts the abbey to this day) - there's not much about Whitby in here, but it is a great epic poem and I really enjoyed reading it. The po

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