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Page 6
... toil with his hands , and labour , As Austin bid ? how shall the world be served ? Let Austin have his toil to him reserved . Therefore he was a hard rider a right : Greyhounds he had as swift as fowl of flight ; Of pricking and of ...
... toil with his hands , and labour , As Austin bid ? how shall the world be served ? Let Austin have his toil to him reserved . Therefore he was a hard rider a right : Greyhounds he had as swift as fowl of flight ; Of pricking and of ...
Page 13
... long ease , And lays the soul to sleep in quiet grave ? Sleep after toil , port after stormy seas , Ease after war , death after life , doth greatly please . " The knight much wondered at his sudden wit , And Spencer . 13.
... long ease , And lays the soul to sleep in quiet grave ? Sleep after toil , port after stormy seas , Ease after war , death after life , doth greatly please . " The knight much wondered at his sudden wit , And Spencer . 13.
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... stounds , When too huge toil and labour them constrains ; And oftentimes loud strokes and ringing sounds , From under that deep rock most horribly rebounds . The cause , some say , is this : a Spencer . 21 The Cave of Merlin.
... stounds , When too huge toil and labour them constrains ; And oftentimes loud strokes and ringing sounds , From under that deep rock most horribly rebounds . The cause , some say , is this : a Spencer . 21 The Cave of Merlin.
Page 22
... toil and travail day and night , Until that brazen wall they up do rear ; For Merlin had in magic more insight Than ever him before or after living wight . For he by words could call out of the sky Both sun and moon , and make them him ...
... toil and travail day and night , Until that brazen wall they up do rear ; For Merlin had in magic more insight Than ever him before or after living wight . For he by words could call out of the sky Both sun and moon , and make them him ...
Page 33
... toil , Daily in the common prison else enjoined me ; Where I , a prisoner chained , scarce freely draw The air imprisoned also , close and damp , Unwholesome draught : but here I feel amends , The breath of heaven fresh blowing , pure ...
... toil , Daily in the common prison else enjoined me ; Where I , a prisoner chained , scarce freely draw The air imprisoned also , close and damp , Unwholesome draught : but here I feel amends , The breath of heaven fresh blowing , pure ...
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