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319. But scarce again, etc. The MS. reads:

The Lady of the Lake · Walter Scott

319. But scarce again, etc. The MS. reads:

"The bugle shrill again he wound, And lo! forth starting at the sound;"

and below:

"A little skiff shot to the bay. The hunter left his airy stand, And when the boat had touched the sand, Concealed he stood amid the brake, To view this Lady of the Lake."

336. Strain. The 1st ed. has a comma after strain, and a period after art in 340. The ed. of 1821 points as in the text.

342. Naiad. Water nymph.

343. And ne'er did Grecian chisel, etc. The MS. reads:

"A finer form, a fairer face, Had never marble Nymph or Grace, That boasts the Grecian chisel's trace;"

and in 359 below, "a stranger tongue."

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