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Page 185
... o'er his hills , in festal day , How blazed Lord Ronald's beltane - tree , While youths and maids the light strathspey So nimbly danced with Highland glee ! Cheered by the strength of Ronald's shell , E'en age forgot his tresses hoar ...
... o'er his hills , in festal day , How blazed Lord Ronald's beltane - tree , While youths and maids the light strathspey So nimbly danced with Highland glee ! Cheered by the strength of Ronald's shell , E'en age forgot his tresses hoar ...
Page 192
... o'er ! And fallen Glenartney's stateliest tree ; We ne'er shall see Lord Ronald more ! [ THE BRUCE BEFORE BANNOCKBURN ] from THE LORD OF THE ISLES ALONE he rode - from head to heel Sheathed in his ready arms of steel ; Nor mounted yet ...
... o'er ! And fallen Glenartney's stateliest tree ; We ne'er shall see Lord Ronald more ! [ THE BRUCE BEFORE BANNOCKBURN ] from THE LORD OF THE ISLES ALONE he rode - from head to heel Sheathed in his ready arms of steel ; Nor mounted yet ...
Page 226
... o'er which she stumbled , And handsome corpses strewed upon the shore ; And woke her maid so early that she grumbled ... o'er him still as death Bent , with hushed lips , that drank his scarce - drawn breath . And thus like to an angel o ...
... o'er which she stumbled , And handsome corpses strewed upon the shore ; And woke her maid so early that she grumbled ... o'er him still as death Bent , with hushed lips , that drank his scarce - drawn breath . And thus like to an angel o ...
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER 1340?1400 | 1 |
ROBERT HENRYSON c 14301506 | 7 |
ANONYMOUS | 15 |
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