595. Varied his look, etc. The MS. has "Glowed in his look, as swelled
the song;" and in 600,
"his | glazing | eye."
| fiery |
602. Thus, motionless, etc. Cf. the Introduction to Rob Roy; "Rob Roy,
while on his death-bed, learned that a person, with whom he was at
enmity, proposed to visit him. 'Raise me from my bed,' said the invalid;
'throw my plaid around me, and bring me my claymore, dirk, and pistols:
it shall never be said that a foeman saw Rob Roy MacGregor defenceless
and unarmed.' His foeman, conjectured to be one of the MacLarens,
entered and paid his compliments, inquiring after the health of his
formidable neighbor. Rob Roy maintained a cold, haughty civility during
their short conference; and so soon as he had left the house, 'Now,' he
said, 'all is over--let the piper play Ha til mi tulidh' [we return no
more], and he is said to have expired before the dirge was finished."
605. Grim and still. Originally "stern and still." In a note to the
printer, sent with the final stanzas, Scott writes: "I send the grand
finale, and so exit the Lady of the Lake from the head she has tormented
for six months. In canto vi. stanza 21,--stern and still, read grim and
still; sternly occurs four lines higher. For a similar reason, stanza
24,--dun deer read fleet deer."
608. And art thou, etc. The MS. has "'And art thou gone,' the Minstrel
said."