The Book of Living Verse: Limited to the Chief PoetsLouis Untermeyer |
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... hold my steed in your hand , Until that against your seven brethren bold , And your father , I make a stand . " She held his steed in her milk - white hand , And never shed one ... Hold up , hold up , Lord William , OLD ENGLISH BALLADS 5.
... hold my steed in your hand , Until that against your seven brethren bold , And your father , I make a stand . " She held his steed in her milk - white hand , And never shed one ... Hold up , hold up , Lord William , OLD ENGLISH BALLADS 5.
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... hold a plea , Whose action is no stronger than a flower ? O , how shall summer's honey breath hold out Against the wrackful siege of battering days , When rocks impregnable are not so stout , Nor gates of steel so strong , but Time ...
... hold a plea , Whose action is no stronger than a flower ? O , how shall summer's honey breath hold out Against the wrackful siege of battering days , When rocks impregnable are not so stout , Nor gates of steel so strong , but Time ...
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... holds him with his skinny hand , " There was a ship , " quoth he . " Hold off ! unhand me , gray - beard loon ! " Eftsoons his hand dropt he . He holds him with his glittering eye- The Wedding - Guest stood still , And listens like a ...
... holds him with his skinny hand , " There was a ship , " quoth he . " Hold off ! unhand me , gray - beard loon ! " Eftsoons his hand dropt he . He holds him with his glittering eye- The Wedding - Guest stood still , And listens like a ...
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OLD ENGLISH BALLADS | 3 |
OR THE TWO SISTERS | 10 |
THE WIFE OF USHERS WELL | 16 |
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