The Lay of the Last Minstrel

The Lay of the Last Minstrel
by Sir Walter Scott
First edition title page
Written1802-1804
CountryScotland
FormNarrative
MeterIambic tetrameter
PublisherArchibald Constable and Co., Edinburgh
Longman, Hurst,
Rees, and Orme, London
Publication date12 January 1805
Preceded byMinstrelsy of the Scottish Border
Followed byMarmion
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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.