Lucy Ashton's Song
Lucy Ashton's Song - fact Summary
First Printed in Marmion
Lucy Ashton's Song appears within Sir Walter Scott's narrative poem Marmion. The short lyric functions as an admonitory refrain voiced by the character Lucy Ashton, listing commands to shun beauty, wine, public speech and worldly allure. As placed in Marmion, it condenses a theme of restraint and resignation that contrasts with the surrounding drama, serving as a compact moral counsel within the larger narrative.
Read Complete AnalysesLook not thou on beauty's charming; Sit thou still when kings are arming; Taste not when the wine-cup glistens; Speak not when the people listens; Stop thine ear against the singer; From the red gold keep thy finger; Vacant heart and hand and eye, Easy live and quiet die.
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