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Page 249
... dream , my bride , my Madeline ! ' ' Tis dark : the iced gusts still rave and beat : ' No dream , alas ! alas ! and woe is mine ! Porphyro will leave me here to fade and pine . Cruel ! what traitor could thee hither bring ? I curse not ...
... dream , my bride , my Madeline ! ' ' Tis dark : the iced gusts still rave and beat : ' No dream , alas ! alas ! and woe is mine ! Porphyro will leave me here to fade and pine . Cruel ! what traitor could thee hither bring ? I curse not ...
Page 261
... dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before ; But the silence was unbroken , and the stillness gave no token , And the only word there spoken was the whispered word ' Lenore ! ' This I whispered , and an echo murmured back the ...
... dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before ; But the silence was unbroken , and the stillness gave no token , And the only word there spoken was the whispered word ' Lenore ! ' This I whispered , and an echo murmured back the ...
Page 287
... dream ; Which hovered as dreams do , still above : But who can take a dream for truth ? Oh , hide our eyes from the next remove ! One day as the lady saw her youth Depart , and the silver thread that streaked Her hair , and , worn by ...
... dream ; Which hovered as dreams do , still above : But who can take a dream for truth ? Oh , hide our eyes from the next remove ! One day as the lady saw her youth Depart , and the silver thread that streaked Her hair , and , worn by ...
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER 1340?1400 | 1 |
ROBERT HENRYSON c 14301506 | 7 |
ANONYMOUS | 15 |
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