The Book of Living Verse: Limited to the Chief PoetsLouis Untermeyer |
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... hair grew lang , And twisted thrice about the tree , And all the people , far and near , Thought that a savage beast was she . These news did come to Kemp Owyne , Where he lived far beyond the sea ; He hasted him to Craigy's sea , And ...
... hair grew lang , And twisted thrice about the tree , And all the people , far and near , Thought that a savage beast was she . These news did come to Kemp Owyne , Where he lived far beyond the sea ; He hasted him to Craigy's sea , And ...
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... hair surprise the finny prey , Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare , 40 45 And beauty draws us with a single hair . The adventurous Baron the bright locks admired ; He saw , he wished , and to the prize aspired . Resolved to win ...
... hair surprise the finny prey , Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare , 40 45 And beauty draws us with a single hair . The adventurous Baron the bright locks admired ; He saw , he wished , and to the prize aspired . Resolved to win ...
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... hair fall , And , last , she sat down by my side 5 10 And called me . When no voice replied , She put my arm about her waist , And all her yellow hair displaced , And made her smooth white shoulder bare , And , stooping , made my cheek ...
... hair fall , And , last , she sat down by my side 5 10 And called me . When no voice replied , She put my arm about her waist , And all her yellow hair displaced , And made her smooth white shoulder bare , And , stooping , made my cheek ...
Contents
OLD ENGLISH BALLADS | 3 |
OR THE TWO SISTERS | 10 |
THE WIFE OF USHERS WELL | 16 |
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