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Page 102
Butler One body , and that into one blow . But Talgol wisely avoided it By cunning slight ; for had it hit The upper part of him , the blow Had slit , as sure as that below . Meanwhile th ' incomparable Colon , To aid his friend began ...
Butler One body , and that into one blow . But Talgol wisely avoided it By cunning slight ; for had it hit The upper part of him , the blow Had slit , as sure as that below . Meanwhile th ' incomparable Colon , To aid his friend began ...
Page 157
Crabbe He wanted some obedient boy to stand And bear the blow of his outrageous hand ; And hoped to find in some propitious hour A feeling creature subject to his power . Peter had heard there were in London then - Still have they being ...
Crabbe He wanted some obedient boy to stand And bear the blow of his outrageous hand ; And hoped to find in some propitious hour A feeling creature subject to his power . Peter had heard there were in London then - Still have they being ...
Page 194
Such strength upon the blow was put , The helmet crashed like hazel - nut ; The axe - shaft , with its brazen clasp , Was shivered to the gauntlet grasp . Springs from the blow the startled horse , Drops to the plain the lifeless corse ...
Such strength upon the blow was put , The helmet crashed like hazel - nut ; The axe - shaft , with its brazen clasp , Was shivered to the gauntlet grasp . Springs from the blow the startled horse , Drops to the plain the lifeless corse ...
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Contents
I | 1 |
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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