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... Moon , with one bright star Within the nether tip . One after one , by the star - dogged Moon , Too quick for groan or sigh , Each turned his face with a ghastly pang , And cursed me with his eye . Four times fifty living men , ( And I ...
... Moon , with one bright star Within the nether tip . One after one , by the star - dogged Moon , Too quick for groan or sigh , Each turned his face with a ghastly pang , And cursed me with his eye . Four times fifty living men , ( And I ...
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... Moon went And no where did abide : Softly she was going up , And a star or two beside - up the sky , journeying Moon and the stars that still sojourn , yet still move onward ; and every- where the blue sky belongs to them , and is their ...
... Moon went And no where did abide : Softly she was going up , And a star or two beside - up the sky , journeying Moon and the stars that still sojourn , yet still move onward ; and every- where the blue sky belongs to them , and is their ...
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... Moon was at its edge . The thick black cloud was cleft , and still The Moon was at its side : Like waters shot from some high crag , The lightning fell with never a jag , A river steep and wide . The loud wind never reached the ship ...
... Moon was at its edge . The thick black cloud was cleft , and still The Moon was at its side : Like waters shot from some high crag , The lightning fell with never a jag , A river steep and wide . The loud wind never reached the ship ...
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER 1340?1400 | 1 |
ROBERT HENRYSON c 14301506 | 7 |
ANONYMOUS | 15 |
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