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... and so by tilth and grange , And vines , and blowing bosks of wilderness , We gain'd the mother - city thick with towers , And in the imperial palace found the king . His name was Gama ; crack'd and small his voice 18 THE PRINCESS ;
... and so by tilth and grange , And vines , and blowing bosks of wilderness , We gain'd the mother - city thick with towers , And in the imperial palace found the king . His name was Gama ; crack'd and small his voice 18 THE PRINCESS ;
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... king : three days he feasted us , And on the fourth I spake of why we came , And my betroth❜d . You do us , Prince , ' he said , Airing a snowy hand and signet gem , ' All honour . We remember love ourselves In our sweet youth : there ...
... king : three days he feasted us , And on the fourth I spake of why we came , And my betroth❜d . You do us , Prince , ' he said , Airing a snowy hand and signet gem , ' All honour . We remember love ourselves In our sweet youth : there ...
Page 21
... king ; And I , tho ' nettled that he seem'd to slur With garrulous ease and oily courtesies Our formal compact , yet not less all frets But chafing me on fire to find my bride , Set out once more with those two gallant boys : Many a ...
... king ; And I , tho ' nettled that he seem'd to slur With garrulous ease and oily courtesies Our formal compact , yet not less all frets But chafing me on fire to find my bride , Set out once more with those two gallant boys : Many a ...
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... king , ' he said , ' Had given us letters , was he bound to speak ? The king would bear him out ; ' and at the last— The summer of the vine in all his veins- ' No doubt that we might make it worth his while . She once had past that he ...
... king , ' he said , ' Had given us letters , was he bound to speak ? The king would bear him out ; ' and at the last— The summer of the vine in all his veins- ' No doubt that we might make it worth his while . She once had past that he ...
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... on her bridal morn before she past From all her old companions , when the king Kiss'd her pale cheek , declared that ancient ties Would still be dear beyond the southern hills ; That were there any of our people there 6 In A MEDLEY . 39.
... on her bridal morn before she past From all her old companions , when the king Kiss'd her pale cheek , declared that ancient ties Would still be dear beyond the southern hills ; That were there any of our people there 6 In A MEDLEY . 39.
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