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Page 132
... half a pair of gloves , And all the trophies of his former loves ; With tender billet - doux he lights the pyre , And breathes three am'rous sighs to raise the fire . Then prostrate falls , and begs with ardent eyes Soon to obtain , and ...
... half a pair of gloves , And all the trophies of his former loves ; With tender billet - doux he lights the pyre , And breathes three am'rous sighs to raise the fire . Then prostrate falls , and begs with ardent eyes Soon to obtain , and ...
Page 141
... half - languishing , half - drowned in tears ; On her heaved bosom hung her drooping head , Which , with a sigh , she raised ; and thus she said . ' For ever cursed be this detested day , Which snatched my best , my fav'rite curl away ...
... half - languishing , half - drowned in tears ; On her heaved bosom hung her drooping head , Which , with a sigh , she raised ; and thus she said . ' For ever cursed be this detested day , Which snatched my best , my fav'rite curl away ...
Page 392
... half spent and your breath half done . Better the reeds and the sky and water Than that hopeless pad from a certain slaughter . At the Morton Pond the fields began - Long Tew's green meadows ; he ran , he ran . First the six green ...
... half spent and your breath half done . Better the reeds and the sky and water Than that hopeless pad from a certain slaughter . At the Morton Pond the fields began - Long Tew's green meadows ; he ran , he ran . First the six green ...
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER 1340?1400 | 1 |
ROBERT HENRYSON c 14301506 | 7 |
ANONYMOUS | 15 |
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