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Page 46
... sight of our dame , To bait her eyes , which kept the leads above . The gravell'd ground , with sleeves tied on the helm , On foaming horse with swords and friendly hearts ; With cheer as though one should another whelm , Where we have ...
... sight of our dame , To bait her eyes , which kept the leads above . The gravell'd ground , with sleeves tied on the helm , On foaming horse with swords and friendly hearts ; With cheer as though one should another whelm , Where we have ...
Page 55
... sight to se , Hardyar men both off hart nar hande Were not in Christiantè . The wear twenty hondrith spear - men good Withouten any fayle ; The wear borne a - long be the watter a Twyde , Yth 12 bowndes of Tividale . Leave off the ...
... sight to se , Hardyar men both off hart nar hande Were not in Christiantè . The wear twenty hondrith spear - men good Withouten any fayle ; The wear borne a - long be the watter a Twyde , Yth 12 bowndes of Tividale . Leave off the ...
Page 63
... sight ; All men of pleasant Tivydale , Fast by the river Tweede : " " O , cease your sports , " Erle Percy said , " And take your bowes with speede : And now with me , my countrymen , Your courage forth advance ; For there was never ...
... sight ; All men of pleasant Tivydale , Fast by the river Tweede : " " O , cease your sports , " Erle Percy said , " And take your bowes with speede : And now with me , my countrymen , Your courage forth advance ; For there was never ...
Page 71
... sight , A lonesome glen , and a new - slain knight ; His blood yet on the grass is hot , His sword half - drawn , his shafts unshot , And no one kens that he lies there , But his hawk , his hound , and his lady fair . His hound is to ...
... sight , A lonesome glen , and a new - slain knight ; His blood yet on the grass is hot , His sword half - drawn , his shafts unshot , And no one kens that he lies there , But his hawk , his hound , and his lady fair . His hound is to ...
Page 73
... sight they see ; They strive to seem , but never care to be . * * * What grudge and grief our joys may then suppress , To see our hairs , which yellow were as gold , Now grey as glass ; to feel and find them less ; To scrape the bald ...
... sight they see ; They strive to seem , but never care to be . * * * What grudge and grief our joys may then suppress , To see our hairs , which yellow were as gold , Now grey as glass ; to feel and find them less ; To scrape the bald ...
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