John Barbour Stand Poems

  • 1.
    [Edward Bruce marches toward Dundalk; he debates whether to fight]

    Bot he that rest anoyit ay
    And wald in travaill be alway,
    ...
  • 2.
    [Douglas's division attacks]

    Quhen thir twa fyrst bataillis wer
    Assemblyt as I said you er,
    ...
  • 3.
    The lord of Lorn attacks the king's men]


    The lord off Lorne wonnyt thar-by
    ...
  • 4.
    [King Robert goes to Ireland]

    Quhen Schyr Edward, as Ik said ar,
    Had discomfyt Richard of Clar
    ...
  • 5.
    [The king prepares his division]

    Now Douglas furth his wayis tais,
    And in that selff tyme fell throw cais
    ...
  • 6.
    [Criticism of the compact about Stirling Castle]

    And quhen this connand thus wes mad
    Schir Philip intill Ingland raid
    ...
Total 6 Stand Poems by John Barbour

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Ballade Of The Midnight Forest
 by Andrew Lang

Still sing the mocking fairies, as of old,
Beneath the shade of thorn and holly-tree;
The west wind breathes upon them, pure and cold,
And wolves still dread Diana roaming free
In secret woodland with her company.
'Tis thought the peasants' hovels know her rite
When now the wolds are bathed in silver light,
And first the moonrise breaks the dusky grey,
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