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The Fray of Haltwhistle, a portion of which,
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How the Thirlwalls and the Ridleys a', &c., is interwoven with the text in the first canto of _Marmion_, is generally understood to have been composed by Mr. Surtees. He, however, succeeded in palming it upon Scott as a genuine old ballad; and states that he had it from the recitation of an ancient dame, mother of one of the miners of Alston Moor. Scott's taste for old legends and ballads was certainly not too discriminating, or he would never have swallowed
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The Fray of Haltwhistle.
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Scantily Lord Marmion's ear could brook The harper's barbarous lay.