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... court , Who moves about the Princess ; she , you know , Who wedded with a nobleman from thence : He , dying lately , left her , as I hear , The lady of three castles in that land : Thro ' her this matter might be sifted clean . ' " Then ...
... court , Who moves about the Princess ; she , you know , Who wedded with a nobleman from thence : He , dying lately , left her , as I hear , The lady of three castles in that land : Thro ' her this matter might be sifted clean . ' " Then ...
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... court With Cyril and with Florian , unperceived . Down from the bastion'd wall , suspense by night , Like threaded spiders from a balk , we dropt , And flying reach'd the frontier : then we crost To a livelier land ; and so by tilth and ...
... court With Cyril and with Florian , unperceived . Down from the bastion'd wall , suspense by night , Like threaded spiders from a balk , we dropt , And flying reach'd the frontier : then we crost To a livelier land ; and so by tilth and ...
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... court . We sent mine host to purchase female gear ; He brought it , and himself , a sight to shake The midriff of despair with laughter , holp To lace us up , till , each , in maiden plumes We rustled him we gave a costly bribe To ...
... court . We sent mine host to purchase female gear ; He brought it , and himself , a sight to shake The midriff of despair with laughter , holp To lace us up , till , each , in maiden plumes We rustled him we gave a costly bribe To ...
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... court Compact of lucid marbles , boss'd with lengths Of classic frieze , with ample awnings gay Betwixt the pillars , and with great urns of flowers . The Muses and the Graces , group'd in threes , Enring'd a billowing fountain in the ...
... court Compact of lucid marbles , boss'd with lengths Of classic frieze , with ample awnings gay Betwixt the pillars , and with great urns of flowers . The Muses and the Graces , group'd in threes , Enring'd a billowing fountain in the ...
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... first - fruits of the stranger : aftertime , And that full voice which circles round the grave , Will rank you nobly , mingled up with me . What are the ladies of your land so tall ? " ' We of the court ' said Cyril . " 28 THE PRINCESS ;
... first - fruits of the stranger : aftertime , And that full voice which circles round the grave , Will rank you nobly , mingled up with me . What are the ladies of your land so tall ? " ' We of the court ' said Cyril . " 28 THE PRINCESS ;
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