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Page 190
And thou ! when by the blazing oak I lay , to her and love resigned , Say , rode ye on the eddying smoke , Or sailed ye on the midnight wind ? ' Not thine a race of mortal blood , Nor old Glengyle's pretended line ; Thy dame , the Lady ...
And thou ! when by the blazing oak I lay , to her and love resigned , Say , rode ye on the eddying smoke , Or sailed ye on the midnight wind ? ' Not thine a race of mortal blood , Nor old Glengyle's pretended line ; Thy dame , the Lady ...
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And soon I heard a roaring wind : It did not come anear ; But with its sound it shook the sails , That were so thin and sere . The upper air burst into life ! And a hundred fire - flags sheen , To and fro they were hurried about !
And soon I heard a roaring wind : It did not come anear ; But with its sound it shook the sails , That were so thin and sere . The upper air burst into life ! And a hundred fire - flags sheen , To and fro they were hurried about !
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... where he rode Hard by her rein whose peerless presence glowed Not as that white queen's of the virgin hunt Once , whose crown - crescent braves the night - wind's brunt , But with the sun for frontlet of a queenlier front .
... where he rode Hard by her rein whose peerless presence glowed Not as that white queen's of the virgin hunt Once , whose crown - crescent braves the night - wind's brunt , But with the sun for frontlet of a queenlier front .
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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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