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Page 9
... shining black . A coronet of gold , of greatest weight , Upon his head sat , full of jewels bright , Of rubies fine , and sparkling diamonds . About his car there wenten snow - white hounds , Twenty and more , as great as any steer , To ...
... shining black . A coronet of gold , of greatest weight , Upon his head sat , full of jewels bright , Of rubies fine , and sparkling diamonds . About his car there wenten snow - white hounds , Twenty and more , as great as any steer , To ...
Page 10
... shining as the sun ; His nose was high , his eyen bright and keen , His lippes round , his colour was sanguine , And as a lion he his looks did fling ; His voice was like a trumpet thundering ; Upon his head he wore of laurel green A ...
... shining as the sun ; His nose was high , his eyen bright and keen , His lippes round , his colour was sanguine , And as a lion he his looks did fling ; His voice was like a trumpet thundering ; Upon his head he wore of laurel green A ...
Page 26
... shining morning face , creeping like snail Unwillingly to school . And then , the lover , Sighing like furnace , with a woful ballad Made to his mistress ' eyebrow . Then , the soldier , Full of strange oaths , and bearded like the pard ...
... shining morning face , creeping like snail Unwillingly to school . And then , the lover , Sighing like furnace , with a woful ballad Made to his mistress ' eyebrow . Then , the soldier , Full of strange oaths , and bearded like the pard ...
Page 73
... shining ringlets the smooth ivory neck . Love in these labyrinths his slaves detains , And mighty hearts are held in slender chains . With hairy springes we the birds betray , Slight lines of hair surprise the finny prey , Fair tresses ...
... shining ringlets the smooth ivory neck . Love in these labyrinths his slaves detains , And mighty hearts are held in slender chains . With hairy springes we the birds betray , Slight lines of hair surprise the finny prey , Fair tresses ...
Page 83
... shining leopard , speckled o'er With many a spot , the beauty of the waste ; And , scorning all the taming arts of man , The keen hyena , fellest of the fell . These , rushing from the inhospitable woods Of Mauritania , or the tufted ...
... shining leopard , speckled o'er With many a spot , the beauty of the waste ; And , scorning all the taming arts of man , The keen hyena , fellest of the fell . These , rushing from the inhospitable woods Of Mauritania , or the tufted ...
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