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Page 298
He spoke , and smiled ; and Gudurz made reply : ' What then , O Rustum , will men say to this , When Sohrab dares our bravest forth , and seeks Thee most of all , and thou , whom most he seeks , Hidest thy face ?
He spoke , and smiled ; and Gudurz made reply : ' What then , O Rustum , will men say to this , When Sohrab dares our bravest forth , and seeks Thee most of all , and thou , whom most he seeks , Hidest thy face ?
Page 304
But in the gloom they fought , with bloodshot eyes And labouring breath ; first Rustum struck the shield Which Sohrab held stiff out ; the steel - spiked spear Rent the tough plates , but failed to reach the skin , And Rustum plucked it ...
But in the gloom they fought , with bloodshot eyes And labouring breath ; first Rustum struck the shield Which Sohrab held stiff out ; the steel - spiked spear Rent the tough plates , but failed to reach the skin , And Rustum plucked it ...
Page 308
Arnold For Rustum had no son : one child he had – But one – a girl : who with her mother now Plies some light female task , nor dreams of us – Of us she dreams not , nor of wounds , nor war . ' But Sohrab answered him in wrath ; for now ...
Arnold For Rustum had no son : one child he had – But one – a girl : who with her mother now Plies some light female task , nor dreams of us – Of us she dreams not , nor of wounds , nor war . ' But Sohrab answered him in wrath ; for now ...
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John SKBLTON c 14601529 | 12 |
SIR PHILIP SIDNEY 15541586 | 56 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Penguin Book of Narrative Verse Part 49 of The Penguin poets |
| Editor | David Herbert |
| Publisher | Middlesex, 1960 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 27 Feb 2005 |
| Length | 462 pages |
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