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... took , But on the gliding waves still fixed his lazy look : At certain stations he would view the stream , As if he stood bewildered in a dream , Or that some power had chained him for a time , To feel a curse or meditate on crime ...
... took , But on the gliding waves still fixed his lazy look : At certain stations he would view the stream , As if he stood bewildered in a dream , Or that some power had chained him for a time , To feel a curse or meditate on crime ...
Page 349
... took her place full early ; but her heart Beat fast , and stayed her breath with sudden start , Feeling her lover's arm laid fond thereby . But when at last he slept , then she arose , All faint and tremulous : and though it be That ...
... took her place full early ; but her heart Beat fast , and stayed her breath with sudden start , Feeling her lover's arm laid fond thereby . But when at last he slept , then she arose , All faint and tremulous : and though it be That ...
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... took ye not me when I walked about Alone in the town ? ' says he . Oh we drunk his ' Hale ' in the good red wine When we last made company , No capon priest was the Goodly Fere But a man o ' men was he . I ha ' seen him drive a hundred ...
... took ye not me when I walked about Alone in the town ? ' says he . Oh we drunk his ' Hale ' in the good red wine When we last made company , No capon priest was the Goodly Fere But a man o ' men was he . I ha ' seen him drive a hundred ...
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER 1340?1400 | 1 |
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