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Page 86
... thou shrieking harbinger , Foul precurrer of the fiend , Augur of the fever's end , To this troop come thou not near ! From this session interdict Every fowl of tyrant wing , Save the eagle , feathered king : Keep the obsequy so strict ...
... thou shrieking harbinger , Foul precurrer of the fiend , Augur of the fever's end , To this troop come thou not near ! From this session interdict Every fowl of tyrant wing , Save the eagle , feathered king : Keep the obsequy so strict ...
Page 104
... THOU art not , Penshurst , built to envious show , Of touch , or marble ; nor can'st boast a row Of polished pillars , or a roof of gold ; Thou hast no lantern , whereof tales are told ; Or stair , or courts ; but stand'st an ancient ...
... THOU art not , Penshurst , built to envious show , Of touch , or marble ; nor can'st boast a row Of polished pillars , or a roof of gold ; Thou hast no lantern , whereof tales are told ; Or stair , or courts ; but stand'st an ancient ...
Page 181
... thou from hence away are past , Every nighte and alle ; To Whinny - muir thou com'st at last ; And Christe receive thy saule . If ever thou gavest hosen and shoon , Every nighte and alle ; Sit thee down and put them on ; And Christe ...
... thou from hence away are past , Every nighte and alle ; To Whinny - muir thou com'st at last ; And Christe receive thy saule . If ever thou gavest hosen and shoon , Every nighte and alle ; Sit thee down and put them on ; And Christe ...
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