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  'T was vain; the loud waves lash'd the shore, Return or aid preventing The water wild went o'er his child, And he was left lamenting.                  (a) What was in vain? (b) What did the loud waves do? (c) Why was he left lamenting?  

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                  (a) Lord Ullin's change in heart to forgive his daughter and her lover did not have any effect. It was 'vain' because the storm had claimed their lives. (b) The loud waves lashed the shore and prevented any aid or the return of the Chieftain and his beloved. (c) He was left lamenting because he saw his daughter drowning with her lover.