Look back, and smile at perils past!

Sir Walter Scott

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Topic

Looking back The past

Author

Sir Walter Scott

Source

The Bridal of Triermain

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1813 1810s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Scott, Walter, Sir [published anonymously]. "The Bridal of Triermain, or The Vale of St John." The Bridal of Triermain, Harold the Dauntless, Field of Waterloo, and Other Poems. Edinburgh: John Ballantyne and Co./London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, and Gale, Curtis, and Fenner, 1813.

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