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... past an arch , Whereon a woman - statue rose with wings From four wing'd horses dark against the stars ; And some inscription ran along the front , But deep in shadow . Further on we gain'd A little street half garden and half house ...
... past an arch , Whereon a woman - statue rose with wings From four wing'd horses dark against the stars ; And some inscription ran along the front , But deep in shadow . Further on we gain'd A little street half garden and half house ...
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... with great urns of flowers . The Muses and the Graces , group'd in threes , Enring'd a billowing fountain in the midst ; And here and there on lattice edges lay Or book or lute ; but hastily we past , A MEDLEY . 27 27.
... with great urns of flowers . The Muses and the Graces , group'd in threes , Enring'd a billowing fountain in the midst ; And here and there on lattice edges lay Or book or lute ; but hastily we past , A MEDLEY . 27 27.
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A Medley Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson. Or book or lute ; but hastily we past , 1 And up a flight of stairs into the hall There at a board by tome and paper sat , With two tame leopards couch'd beside her throne , All beauty compass'd ...
A Medley Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson. Or book or lute ; but hastily we past , 1 And up a flight of stairs into the hall There at a board by tome and paper sat , With two tame leopards couch'd beside her throne , All beauty compass'd ...
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... past ; Glanced at the legendary Amazon As emblematic of a nobler age ; Appraised the Lycian custom , spoke of those That lay at wine with Lar and Lucumo ; Ran down the Persian , Grecian , Roman lines Of 32 THE PRINCESS ;
... past ; Glanced at the legendary Amazon As emblematic of a nobler age ; Appraised the Lycian custom , spoke of those That lay at wine with Lar and Lucumo ; Ran down the Persian , Grecian , Roman lines Of 32 THE PRINCESS ;
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... 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.
... 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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