"The Knight’s bones are dust, And his good sword rust;— His soul is with the saints, I trust."
— Walter Scott

January 1, 1970

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The last three lines, slightly altered, are quoted by Sir Walter Scott as an epigraph for Ivanhoe (1819), Ch. 8 and Castle Dangerous (1831), Ch. 9:The knights are dust, And their good swords are rust;— Their souls are with the saints, we trust.