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Page 144
... rise , Tho ' marked by none but quick , poetic eyes : ( So Rome's great founder to the heav'ns withdrew , To Proculus alone confessed in view ) A sudden star , it shot through liquid air , And drew behind a radiant trail of hair . Not ...
... rise , Tho ' marked by none but quick , poetic eyes : ( So Rome's great founder to the heav'ns withdrew , To Proculus alone confessed in view ) A sudden star , it shot through liquid air , And drew behind a radiant trail of hair . Not ...
Page 191
... rising storm , With one wild yell away she flew . Rain beats , hail rattles , whirlwinds tear : The slender hut in ... rise ; High o'er the minstrel's head they sail , And die amid the northern skies . The voice of thunder shook the ...
... rising storm , With one wild yell away she flew . Rain beats , hail rattles , whirlwinds tear : The slender hut in ... rise ; High o'er the minstrel's head they sail , And die amid the northern skies . The voice of thunder shook the ...
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... rise Death teeming in by her portholes Raced down decks , round messes of mortals . Then a lurch forward , frigate and men ; ' All hands for themselves ' the cry ran then ; But she who had housed them thither Was around them , bound ...
... rise Death teeming in by her portholes Raced down decks , round messes of mortals . Then a lurch forward , frigate and men ; ' All hands for themselves ' the cry ran then ; But she who had housed them thither Was around them , bound ...
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER 1340?1400 | 1 |
ROBERT HENRYSON c 14301506 | 7 |
ANONYMOUS | 15 |
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