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... dead . But the curse liveth for him in the eye of the dead men . I fear thee and thy glittering eye , And thy skinny hand , so brown . ' - ' Fear not , fear not , thou Wedding - Guest ! This body dropped not down . Alone , alone , all ...
... dead . But the curse liveth for him in the eye of the dead men . I fear thee and thy glittering eye , And thy skinny hand , so brown . ' - ' Fear not , fear not , thou Wedding - Guest ! This body dropped not down . Alone , alone , all ...
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... dead . OSCAR WILDE [ THE CONDEMNED MAN ] from THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL He did not wear his scarlet coat , For blood and wine are red , And blood and wine were on his hands When they found him with the dead , The poor dead woman whom ...
... dead . OSCAR WILDE [ THE CONDEMNED MAN ] from THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL He did not wear his scarlet coat , For blood and wine are red , And blood and wine were on his hands When they found him with the dead , The poor dead woman whom ...
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... dead . Of her engineers All but one were dead . Of the fifty - two that had sailed in her , all were dead but fourteen - and each of these half killed With wounds . And the night - dew fell in a hush of ashen tears , And Nabara's tongue ...
... dead . Of her engineers All but one were dead . Of the fifty - two that had sailed in her , all were dead but fourteen - and each of these half killed With wounds . And the night - dew fell in a hush of ashen tears , And Nabara's tongue ...
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER 1340?1400 | 1 |
ROBERT HENRYSON c 14301506 | 7 |
ANONYMOUS | 15 |
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