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David Herbert. His drumming heart cheers up his burning eye , His eye commends the leading to his hand ; His hand , as ... eyes , Who , peeping forth this tumult to behold , Are by his flaming torch dimmed and controlled . Imagine her as ...
David Herbert. His drumming heart cheers up his burning eye , His eye commends the leading to his hand ; His hand , as ... eyes , Who , peeping forth this tumult to behold , Are by his flaming torch dimmed and controlled . Imagine her as ...
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... eyes for meek St Agnes ' sake , Or I shall drowse beside thee , so my soul doth ache . Thus whispering , his warm , unnerved arm Sank in her pillow . Shaded was her dream By the dusk curtains : ' twas a midnight charm Impossible to melt ...
... eyes for meek St Agnes ' sake , Or I shall drowse beside thee , so my soul doth ache . Thus whispering , his warm , unnerved arm Sank in her pillow . Shaded was her dream By the dusk curtains : ' twas a midnight charm Impossible to melt ...
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... eyes that stare like coals . WILFRED OWEN THE SENTRY WE'D found an old Boche dug - out , and he knew , And gave us hell , for shell on frantic shell Hammered on top , but never quite burst through . Rain , guttering down in waterfalls ...
... eyes that stare like coals . WILFRED OWEN THE SENTRY WE'D found an old Boche dug - out , and he knew , And gave us hell , for shell on frantic shell Hammered on top , but never quite burst through . Rain , guttering down in waterfalls ...
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER 1340?1400 | 1 |
ROBERT HENRYSON c 14301506 | 7 |
ANONYMOUS | 15 |
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