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... dark cloud weorc 3 Semian sinnihte , sweart under Lour with lasting night , swart under heaven , roderum , Wonn and weste ; oth that theos Wan and waste ; till this world's woruld - gesceaft Thurh word gewearth wuldor- cyninges . Her ...
... dark cloud weorc 3 Semian sinnihte , sweart under Lour with lasting night , swart under heaven , roderum , Wonn and weste ; oth that theos Wan and waste ; till this world's woruld - gesceaft Thurh word gewearth wuldor- cyninges . Her ...
Page 70
... dark , and the wind blew loud , And gurly grew the sea . The ankers brak , and the topmasts lap , It was sic a deadly storm ; And the waves cam o'er the broken ship , Till a ' her sides were torn . " O where will I get a gude sailor ...
... dark , and the wind blew loud , And gurly grew the sea . The ankers brak , and the topmasts lap , It was sic a deadly storm ; And the waves cam o'er the broken ship , Till a ' her sides were torn . " O where will I get a gude sailor ...
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... Dark is my day , whiles her fair light I miss , And dead my life , that wants such lively bliss . 1 Dove . 2 Hover , or stay . 44. SIR PHILIP SYDNEY . 1554-1586 . ( Manual , p . 78. ) For Extracts from his Prose Works , see next Chapter ...
... Dark is my day , whiles her fair light I miss , And dead my life , that wants such lively bliss . 1 Dove . 2 Hover , or stay . 44. SIR PHILIP SYDNEY . 1554-1586 . ( Manual , p . 78. ) For Extracts from his Prose Works , see next Chapter ...
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... dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground : judge , therefore , of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye . Certainly virtue is like precious odors , most fragrant when they are incensed , or crushed : for ...
... dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground : judge , therefore , of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye . Certainly virtue is like precious odors , most fragrant when they are incensed , or crushed : for ...
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... dark monarchy afford false Clarence ? " And so he vanished : Then came wandering by A shadow like an angel , with bright hair Dabbled in blood ; and he shrieked out aloud , " Clarence is come , false , fleeting , perjured Clarence ...
... dark monarchy afford false Clarence ? " And so he vanished : Then came wandering by A shadow like an angel , with bright hair Dabbled in blood ; and he shrieked out aloud , " Clarence is come , false , fleeting , perjured Clarence ...
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