Longer English Poems: With Notes, Philological and Explanatory, and an Introduction on the Teaching of EnglishJohn Wesley Hales |
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... round lady gay ; Then stay thee , Fair , in Ravensheuch ; Why cross the gloomy firth to - day ? " " " Tis not because Lord Lindesay's heir To - night at Roslin leads the ball , But that my lady mother there Sits lonely in her castle ...
... round lady gay ; Then stay thee , Fair , in Ravensheuch ; Why cross the gloomy firth to - day ? " " " Tis not because Lord Lindesay's heir To - night at Roslin leads the ball , But that my lady mother there Sits lonely in her castle ...
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... round Of Cynthia's seat the airy region thrilling , Now was almost won To think her part was don , And that her raign had here its last fulfilling ; She knew such harmony alone Could hold all Heav'n and Earth in happier union . XI . At ...
... round Of Cynthia's seat the airy region thrilling , Now was almost won To think her part was don , And that her raign had here its last fulfilling ; She knew such harmony alone Could hold all Heav'n and Earth in happier union . XI . At ...
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... round , A drear and dying sound Affrights the Flamins at their service quaint ; And the chill marble seems to sweat , While each peculiar power forgoes his wonted seat . XXII . Peor and Baälim Forsake their temples dim , With that twise ...
... round , A drear and dying sound Affrights the Flamins at their service quaint ; And the chill marble seems to sweat , While each peculiar power forgoes his wonted seat . XXII . Peor and Baälim Forsake their temples dim , With that twise ...
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... round it measures , 70 Russet lawns and fallows gray , Where the nibling flocks do stray , Mountains on whose barren brest The labouring clowds do often rest , Meadows trim and daisies pide , Shallow brooks and rivers wide . Towers and ...
... round it measures , 70 Russet lawns and fallows gray , Where the nibling flocks do stray , Mountains on whose barren brest The labouring clowds do often rest , Meadows trim and daisies pide , Shallow brooks and rivers wide . Towers and ...
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... round , And the jocond rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid Dancing in the chequer'd shade ! And young and old com forth to play On a sunshine holyday , Till the livelong daylight fail ; Then to the spicy nut - brown ale , With ...
... round , And the jocond rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid Dancing in the chequer'd shade ! And young and old com forth to play On a sunshine holyday , Till the livelong daylight fail ; Then to the spicy nut - brown ale , With ...
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