| The Lay of the Last Minstrel | |
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| by Sir Walter Scott | |
 First edition title page | |
| Written | 1802-1804 |
| Country | Scotland |
| Form | Narrative |
| Meter | Iambic tetrameter |
| Publisher | Archibald Constable and Co., Edinburgh Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, London |
| Publication date | 12 January 1805 |
| Preceded by | Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border |
| Followed by | Marmion |
| Full text | |
 The Lay of the Last Minstrel at Wikisource | |
The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805) is a narrative poem in six cantos with copious antiquarian notes by Walter Scott. Set in the Scottish Borders in the mid-16th century, it is represented within the work as being sung by a minstrel late in the 1600s.