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Page 168
... clouds , come rolling o'er ! ' Gwin reared his shield , his palace shakes , His chiefs come rushing round ; Each , like an awful thunder cloud , With voice of solemn sound : Like reared stones around a grave They stand around the King ...
... clouds , come rolling o'er ! ' Gwin reared his shield , his palace shakes , His chiefs come rushing round ; Each , like an awful thunder cloud , With voice of solemn sound : Like reared stones around a grave They stand around the King ...
Page 203
... cloud ; The Moon was at its edge . The thick black cloud was cleft , and still The Moon was at its side : Like waters shot from some high crag , The lightning fell with never a jag , A river steep and wide . The loud wind never reached ...
... cloud ; The Moon was at its edge . The thick black cloud was cleft , and still The Moon was at its side : Like waters shot from some high crag , The lightning fell with never a jag , A river steep and wide . The loud wind never reached ...
Page 304
... cloud ; and Ruksh , the horse , Who stood at hand , uttered a dreadful cry : No horse's cry was that , most like the roar Of some pained desert lion , who all day Has trailed the hunter's javelin in his side , And comes at night to die ...
... cloud ; and Ruksh , the horse , Who stood at hand , uttered a dreadful cry : No horse's cry was that , most like the roar Of some pained desert lion , who all day Has trailed the hunter's javelin in his side , And comes at night to die ...
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER 1340?1400 | 1 |
ROBERT HENRYSON c 14301506 | 7 |
ANONYMOUS | 15 |
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