Walter Scott Quote

Had'st thou but lived, though stripped of power,
A watchman on the lonely tower.


Marmion (1808) introduction to canto 1, st. 8


Had'st thou but lived, though stripped of power, A watchman on the lonely tower.

Had'st thou but lived, though stripped of power, A watchman on the lonely tower.

Had'st thou but lived, though stripped of power, A watchman on the lonely tower.

Had'st thou but lived, though stripped of power, A watchman on the lonely tower.