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Whether that his own mighty strength at last Feels the abhorred approaches of old age ; Or in some quarrel with the Persian King . There go : - Thou wilt not ? Yet my heart forebodes Danger or death awaits thee on this field .
Whether that his own mighty strength at last Feels the abhorred approaches of old age ; Or in some quarrel with the Persian King . There go : - Thou wilt not ? Yet my heart forebodes Danger or death awaits thee on this field .
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Arnold on For the warm Persian sea - board : so they streamed . The Tartars of the Oxus , the King's guard , First , with black sheep - skin caps and with long spears ; Large men , large steeds ; who from Bokhara come And Khiva ...
Arnold on For the warm Persian sea - board : so they streamed . The Tartars of the Oxus , the King's guard , First , with black sheep - skin caps and with long spears ; Large men , large steeds ; who from Bokhara come And Khiva ...
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Then , with a bitter smile , Rustum began : ' Sohrab , thou thoughtest in thy mind to kill A Persian lord this day , and strip his corpse , And bear thy trophies to Afrasiab's tent . Or else that the great Rustum would come down Himself ...
Then , with a bitter smile , Rustum began : ' Sohrab , thou thoughtest in thy mind to kill A Persian lord this day , and strip his corpse , And bear thy trophies to Afrasiab's tent . Or else that the great Rustum would come down Himself ...
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Contents
GEOFFREY CHAUCER 1340?1400 | 1 |
ROBERT HENRYSON c 14301506 | 7 |
ANONYMOUS | 15 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Penguin Book of Narrative Verse Part 49 of Penguin poets |
| Editor | David Herbert |
| Compiled by | David Herbert |
| Publisher | Penguin Books, 1960 |
| Length | 462 pages |
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