Archibald Constable and Co., Edinburgh Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, London
Publication date
12 January 1805
Preceded by
Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border
Followed by
Marmion
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The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805) is a narrative poem in six cantos with copious antiquarian notes by Walter Scott. Set in the Scottish Borders in the mid-16th century, it is represented within the work as being sung by a minstrel late in the 1600s.
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