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Page 26
... cries , And look upon myself , and curse my fate , Wishing me like to one more rich in hope , Featured like him , like him with friends possessed , Desiring this man's art , and that man's scope , With what I most enjoy contented least ...
... cries , And look upon myself , and curse my fate , Wishing me like to one more rich in hope , Featured like him , like him with friends possessed , Desiring this man's art , and that man's scope , With what I most enjoy contented least ...
Page 69
... cries the hills and dales An echo shrill did make . Lord Piercy to the quarry went , To view the tender deere ; Quoth he , " Erle Douglas promised This day to meet me heer . " If that I thought he would not come , No longer would I stay ...
... cries the hills and dales An echo shrill did make . Lord Piercy to the quarry went , To view the tender deere ; Quoth he , " Erle Douglas promised This day to meet me heer . " If that I thought he would not come , No longer would I stay ...
Page 70
... cries of men lying in their gore , And scattered here and there . At last these two stout erles did meet , Like captains of great might ; Like lions moved they laid on load , And made a cruel fight . They fought until they both did ...
... cries of men lying in their gore , And scattered here and there . At last these two stout erles did meet , Like captains of great might ; Like lions moved they laid on load , And made a cruel fight . They fought until they both did ...
Page 90
... cries , See the Furies arise ; See the snakes that they rear , How they hiss in their hair , And the sparkles that flash from their eyes ! Behold a ghastly band , Each a torch in his hand ! Those are Grecian ghosts , that in battle were ...
... cries , See the Furies arise ; See the snakes that they rear , How they hiss in their hair , And the sparkles that flash from their eyes ! Behold a ghastly band , Each a torch in his hand ! Those are Grecian ghosts , that in battle were ...
Page 95
... cries and shrieks which he heard , it was supposed they were the passionate cries of the family at this bitter parting , which , to be sure , it was to them all , this being the sis- ter to the mistress of the family . The man of the ...
... cries and shrieks which he heard , it was supposed they were the passionate cries of the family at this bitter parting , which , to be sure , it was to them all , this being the sis- ter to the mistress of the family . The man of the ...
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