brignall

Updated: January 9, 2026

'O, Brignall banks are wild and fair'; the exquisite 'A weary lot is thine, fair maid, adapted from older matter with a skill worthy of Burns himself; the capital bravura of Allen-a-Dale; and that noble Cavalier lyric 'When the dawn on the mountain was misty and grey.

George Saintsbury - Sir Walter Scott: Famous Scots Series