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Page 473
... Oxus with his summer - floods , Oxus in summer wash them all away . " He spoke ; and Sohrab answer'd , on his feet : - " Art thou so fierce ? Thou wilt not fright me so ! 380 I am no girl , to be made pale by words . Yet this thou hast ...
... Oxus with his summer - floods , Oxus in summer wash them all away . " He spoke ; and Sohrab answer'd , on his feet : - " Art thou so fierce ? Thou wilt not fright me so ! 380 I am no girl , to be made pale by words . Yet this thou hast ...
Page 474
... Oxus stream . But in the gloom they fought , with bloodshot eyes 490 And labouring breath ; first Rustum struck the shield With Sohrab held stiff out ; the steel - spiked spear Rent the tough plates , but fail'd to reach the skin , And ...
... Oxus stream . But in the gloom they fought , with bloodshot eyes 490 And labouring breath ; first Rustum struck the shield With Sohrab held stiff out ; the steel - spiked spear Rent the tough plates , but fail'd to reach the skin , And ...
Page 479
... Oxus strains along Through beds of sand and matted rushy isles- 885 Oxus , forgetting the bright speed he had In his high mountain - cradle in Pamere , A foil'd circuitous wanderer - till at last The long'd - for dash of waves is heard ...
... Oxus strains along Through beds of sand and matted rushy isles- 885 Oxus , forgetting the bright speed he had In his high mountain - cradle in Pamere , A foil'd circuitous wanderer - till at last The long'd - for dash of waves is heard ...
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