| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 48867 |
| QUOTATION: | Till through her wasted hand, at night,
You saw the taper shining. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832), Scottish novelist, poet. The Maid of Neidpath (l. 11–12). . .
Golden Treasury of the Best Songs & Lyrical Poems in the English Language. Francis Turner Palgrave, comp. With a fifth book selected by John Press. (5th ed., 1964) Oxford University Press. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Scott Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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