English Prose and Poetry (1137-1892)Ginn, 1916 - 792 pages |
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... dark and dreadful to look on . A fair field full of folk found I between them , Of all manner of men , the mean and the mighty , Working and wandering asketh . as the world Some put hand to the plow , played very seldom , 20 In setting ...
... dark and dreadful to look on . A fair field full of folk found I between them , Of all manner of men , the mean and the mighty , Working and wandering asketh . as the world Some put hand to the plow , played very seldom , 20 In setting ...
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... dark sorrow made its bed , Though reason reconciled my thought . I prayed for my pearl that thence had sped , With timid pleas , and fast they fought ; Though the godhead of Christ me comforted , My wretched will in woe still wrought ...
... dark sorrow made its bed , Though reason reconciled my thought . I prayed for my pearl that thence had sped , With timid pleas , and fast they fought ; Though the godhead of Christ me comforted , My wretched will in woe still wrought ...
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... For I wyl 66 1 lap , beat 2 grow dark thought ' beloved unless 6 slay thee dead hence 10 fear 11 close 12 hovered , floated 13 shrieked 14 those 15 i.e. Bedwere 8 in to the vale of Avylyon , to hele me LE MORTE DARTHUR 85.
... For I wyl 66 1 lap , beat 2 grow dark thought ' beloved unless 6 slay thee dead hence 10 fear 11 close 12 hovered , floated 13 shrieked 14 those 15 i.e. Bedwere 8 in to the vale of Avylyon , to hele me LE MORTE DARTHUR 85.
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... dark never so much disguise The fair bright day , yet ceaseth he no while , But hath his candles to prolong his toil . 280 By him lay heavy Sleep , the cousin of Death Flat on the ground , and still as any stone , A very corpse , save ...
... dark never so much disguise The fair bright day , yet ceaseth he no while , But hath his candles to prolong his toil . 280 By him lay heavy Sleep , the cousin of Death Flat on the ground , and still as any stone , A very corpse , save ...
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... 13 1 7 4 many acorns 2 fattened 3 rind were accus- tomed planned reprove 6 vast bigness 8 dark- ens encumbers 10 advise 11 daunted 12 look over 12 firmly set 13 recover ' Am like for desperate doole1 to dye , ' THE SHEPHEARDS CALENDER 109.
... 13 1 7 4 many acorns 2 fattened 3 rind were accus- tomed planned reprove 6 vast bigness 8 dark- ens encumbers 10 advise 11 daunted 12 look over 12 firmly set 13 recover ' Am like for desperate doole1 to dye , ' THE SHEPHEARDS CALENDER 109.
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