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Page 167
... head Of her dear lord , all ghastly pale , clotted With gory blood ; it groaned , and thus it spake : ' O Elenor , I am thy husband's head , Who , sleeping on the stones of yonder tower , Was ' reft of life by the accursed duke ! A ...
... head Of her dear lord , all ghastly pale , clotted With gory blood ; it groaned , and thus it spake : ' O Elenor , I am thy husband's head , Who , sleeping on the stones of yonder tower , Was ' reft of life by the accursed duke ! A ...
Page 304
... head ; but this time all the blade , like glass , Sprang in a thousand shivers on the helm , And in his hand the hilt remained alone . Then Rustum raised his head : his dreadful eyes Glared , and he shook on high his menacing spear ...
... head ; but this time all the blade , like glass , Sprang in a thousand shivers on the helm , And in his hand the hilt remained alone . Then Rustum raised his head : his dreadful eyes Glared , and he shook on high his menacing spear ...
Page 399
... head , dreamily , as one who has drunken , And flickered his tongue like a forked night on the air , so black , Seeming to lick his lips , And looked around like a god , unseeing , into the air , And slowly turned his head , And slowly ...
... head , dreamily , as one who has drunken , And flickered his tongue like a forked night on the air , so black , Seeming to lick his lips , And looked around like a god , unseeing , into the air , And slowly turned his head , And slowly ...
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER 1340?1400 | 1 |
ROBERT HENRYSON c 14301506 | 7 |
ANONYMOUS | 15 |
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