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Page 379
... dark at rest . Flits moth to flower . A water - rat Noses the placid ripple . And lo ! Streams a lost meteor . Night ... darkness , the darkness of his beard , It curls the blood - red crescent , the crescent of his lips , For the inmost ...
... dark at rest . Flits moth to flower . A water - rat Noses the placid ripple . And lo ! Streams a lost meteor . Night ... darkness , the darkness of his beard , It curls the blood - red crescent , the crescent of his lips , For the inmost ...
Page 392
... dark , where they cut for bows , Oak woods green with the mistletoes , Dark woods evil , but burrowed deep With a brock's earth strong , where a fox might sleep . He saw his point on the heaving hill , He had failing flesh and a reeling ...
... dark , where they cut for bows , Oak woods green with the mistletoes , Dark woods evil , but burrowed deep With a brock's earth strong , where a fox might sleep . He saw his point on the heaving hill , He had failing flesh and a reeling ...
Page 395
... dark red love - knot into her long black hair . And dark in the old inn - yard a stable - wicket creaked Where Tim the ostler listened ; his face was white and peaked ; His eyes were hollows of madness , his hair like mouldy hay , But ...
... dark red love - knot into her long black hair . And dark in the old inn - yard a stable - wicket creaked Where Tim the ostler listened ; his face was white and peaked ; His eyes were hollows of madness , his hair like mouldy hay , But ...
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER 1340?1400 | 1 |
ROBERT HENRYSON c 14301506 | 7 |
ANONYMOUS | 15 |
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