Poetry and tales

Alice Brand, by Sir Walter Scott

Mar 11th, 2008 | By Fiona Broome | Category: Poetry and tales

hose who have touched the fae world
have sometimes written poetry about it.
Here is a section of “The Lady of the Lake”:
[part of the Selected poems of Sir Walter Scott]
[Story: Alice Brand and her lover, Richard, are living as outlaws in the woods. Richard thinks he had accidentally killed Alice’s brother, Ethert […]



Thomas the Rhymer

Mar 11th, 2008 | By Fiona Broome | Category: Poetry and tales

Those who have touched the faerie world have sometimes written poetry about it.
Thomas the Rhymer is one of the most famous faerie / fairy poems. [Note: The “Eildon Tree” refers to a tree that once stood near the Eildon Hills. Today, a monument to the tree remains, just […]