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Around , around , flew each sweet sound , Then darted to the Sun ; Slowly the sounds came back again , Now mixed , now one by one . Sometimes a - dropping from the sky I heard the skylark sing ; Sometimes all little birds that are ...
Around , around , flew each sweet sound , Then darted to the Sun ; Slowly the sounds came back again , Now mixed , now one by one . Sometimes a - dropping from the sky I heard the skylark sing ; Sometimes all little birds that are ...
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Stunned by that loud and dreadful sound , Which sky and ocean smote , Like one that hath been seven days drowned My body lay afloat ; But swift as dreams , myself I found Within the Pilot's boat . - 1 Upon the whirl , where sank the ...
Stunned by that loud and dreadful sound , Which sky and ocean smote , Like one that hath been seven days drowned My body lay afloat ; But swift as dreams , myself I found Within the Pilot's boat . - 1 Upon the whirl , where sank the ...
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So the king mused and murmured ; and she heard The faint sound trembling of each breathless word , And laughed into the covering of her hair . And many a day for many a month as fair Slid over them like music ; and as bright Burned with ...
So the king mused and murmured ; and she heard The faint sound trembling of each breathless word , And laughed into the covering of her hair . And many a day for many a month as fair Slid over them like music ; and as bright Burned with ...
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Contents
GEOFFREY CHAUCER 1340?1400 | 1 |
ROBERT HENRYSON c 14301506 | 7 |
ANONYMOUS | 15 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Penguin Book of Narrative Verse Part 49 of Penguin poets |
| Editor | David Herbert |
| Compiled by | David Herbert |
| Publisher | Penguin Books, 1960 |
| Length | 462 pages |
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