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... green mantles , Or else their maidenhead . Janet has kilted her green kirtle , A little aboon her knee , And she has broded her yellow hair A little aboon her bree * ; And she's awa ' to Carterhaugh , As fast as she can hie . When she ...
... green mantles , Or else their maidenhead . Janet has kilted her green kirtle , A little aboon her knee , And she has broded her yellow hair A little aboon her bree * ; And she's awa ' to Carterhaugh , As fast as she can hie . When she ...
Page 280
... green sail on the far horizon , Singing the Jumbly Chorus still As he sate all day on the grassy hill , ' Far and few , far and few , Are the lands where the Jumblies live ; Their heads are green , and their hands are blue , And they ...
... green sail on the far horizon , Singing the Jumbly Chorus still As he sate all day on the grassy hill , ' Far and few , far and few , Are the lands where the Jumblies live ; Their heads are green , and their hands are blue , And they ...
Page 392
... green meadows ; he ran , he ran . First the six green fields that make a mile , With the lip - ful Clench at the side the while , With rooks above , slow - circling , showing The world of men where a fox was going ; The fields all empty ...
... green meadows ; he ran , he ran . First the six green fields that make a mile , With the lip - ful Clench at the side the while , With rooks above , slow - circling , showing The world of men where a fox was going ; The fields all empty ...
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER 1340?1400 | 1 |
ROBERT HENRYSON c 14301506 | 7 |
ANONYMOUS | 15 |
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