Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Lay of the Last Minstrel

 Read this again as an assignment for a book club.  This poem is foundational for everything that cane later.  History, magic, chivalry and a love for Scotland.  Canto VI has his Breathes there a man with souls so dead and O Caledonia stern and wild oft quoted section as well as the surprising Groundhog Day quote. There are some Scott works that I reread just because I enjoy reading them.  This is one of them.