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O listen, listen, ladies gay!
No haughty feat of arms I tell;
Soft is the note, and sad the lay
That mourns the lovely Rosabelle.
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Henry I Sinclair was married to a Rosabel Forthieth. Was she the subject of Walter Scott`s poem?
I read this at school for the first time over 50 years ago and was entranced by Scott's border ballad style and the story told. Subsequently I visited the 14th century chapel and learnt its legends referred to in the poem.I still love the poem's lyrical beauty_ one of the poet's best.
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7/20/2025 5:13:14 AM # 1.0.0
Learned this beautiful poem over 40 years ago ,I’ve never forgotten it and love it dearly