<P> Ultimately, the public enthusiasm for Scott's work was undimmed and the poem remained popular for over a century . </P> <P> The stanzas telling the story of "young Lochinvar", excerpted from Canto V, particularly caught the public imagination and were widely published in anthologies, and learned as a recitation piece . </P> <P> One of the most quoted excerpts from Scottish poetry, often erroneously attributed to Shakespeare, is derived from Canto VI, stanza XVII: </P> <P> Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive! </P>

Who wrote the poem oh what a tangled web we weave