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... moved with woman's moans , Be moved with my tears , my sighs , my groans : ' All which together , like a troubled ocean , Beat at thy rocky and wreck - threatening heart , To soften it with their continual motion ; For stones dissolved ...
... moved with woman's moans , Be moved with my tears , my sighs , my groans : ' All which together , like a troubled ocean , Beat at thy rocky and wreck - threatening heart , To soften it with their continual motion ; For stones dissolved ...
Page 198
... moved and moved , and took at last A certain shape , I wist . A speck , a mist , a shape , I wist ! And still it neared and neared : As if it dodged a water - sprite , It plunged and tacked and veered . At its nearer approach it seemeth ...
... moved and moved , and took at last A certain shape , I wist . A speck , a mist , a shape , I wist ! And still it neared and neared : As if it dodged a water - sprite , It plunged and tacked and veered . At its nearer approach it seemeth ...
Page 203
... moved , and could not feel my limbs : I was so light - almost I thought that I had died in sleep , And was a blessed ... moved on ! Beneath the lightning and the Moon The dead men gave a groan . They groaned , they stirred , they all ...
... moved , and could not feel my limbs : I was so light - almost I thought that I had died in sleep , And was a blessed ... moved on ! Beneath the lightning and the Moon The dead men gave a groan . They groaned , they stirred , they all ...
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER 1340?1400 | 1 |
ROBERT HENRYSON c 14301506 | 7 |
ANONYMOUS | 15 |
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