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Page 141
... Once gave new beauties to the snowy neck ; The sister - lock now sits uncouth , alone , And in its fellow's fate foresees its own ; Uncurled it hangs , the fatal sheers demands , And tempts , once more , thy sacrilegious hands . O hadst ...
... Once gave new beauties to the snowy neck ; The sister - lock now sits uncouth , alone , And in its fellow's fate foresees its own ; Uncurled it hangs , the fatal sheers demands , And tempts , once more , thy sacrilegious hands . O hadst ...
Page 328
... once with only beauty ; and her mouth Was as a rose athirst that pants for drouth Even while it laughs for pleasure of desire , And all her heart was as a leaping fire . Yet once more joy they took of woodland Than came of all those ...
... once with only beauty ; and her mouth Was as a rose athirst that pants for drouth Even while it laughs for pleasure of desire , And all her heart was as a leaping fire . Yet once more joy they took of woodland Than came of all those ...
Page 374
... Once the terrors of his hoof Risked a second time reproof , Came a second time and lived , Not a serpent in its skin Came again for discipline ; Not a leopard bright as flame , Flashing fingerhooks of steel That a wooden tree might feel ...
... Once the terrors of his hoof Risked a second time reproof , Came a second time and lived , Not a serpent in its skin Came again for discipline ; Not a leopard bright as flame , Flashing fingerhooks of steel That a wooden tree might feel ...
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER 1340?1400 | 1 |
ROBERT HENRYSON c 14301506 | 7 |
ANONYMOUS | 15 |
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