O Caledonia, stern and wild,
Meet nurse for a poetic child!
Land of brown heath and shaggy wood,
Land of the mountain and the flood.

Sir Walter Scott

The Lady of Minstrel

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Topic

Scotland

Author

Sir Walter Scott

Source

The Lady of Minstrel

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1805 1800s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Scott, Walter, Sir. The Lay of the Last Minstrel. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co./London: Longman, Hurst,
Rees, and Orme, 1805, canto 6, st. 2.

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