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... thing for men to lie . Yet now , I charge thee , quickly go again As thou art lief and dear , and do the thing I bad thee , watch , and lightly bring me word . ' Then went Sir Bedivere the second time Across the ridge , and paced beside ...
... thing for men to lie . Yet now , I charge thee , quickly go again As thou art lief and dear , and do the thing I bad thee , watch , and lightly bring me word . ' Then went Sir Bedivere the second time Across the ridge , and paced beside ...
Page 358
David Herbert. Wilde We had no other thing to do , Save to wait for the sign to come : So , like things of stone in a valley lone , Quiet we sat and dumb : But each man's heart beat thick , and quick , Like a madman on a drum ! With ...
David Herbert. Wilde We had no other thing to do , Save to wait for the sign to come : So , like things of stone in a valley lone , Quiet we sat and dumb : But each man's heart beat thick , and quick , Like a madman on a drum ! With ...
Page 414
... things . They came out on the sand , Not keeping time to the band , moving seaward Silently at a snail's pace . But at last The most odd , indescribable thing of all , Which hardly one man there could see for wonder , Did something ...
... things . They came out on the sand , Not keeping time to the band , moving seaward Silently at a snail's pace . But at last The most odd , indescribable thing of all , Which hardly one man there could see for wonder , Did something ...
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER 1340?1400 | 1 |
ROBERT HENRYSON c 14301506 | 7 |
ANONYMOUS | 15 |
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