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The curtains being close , about he walks , Rolling his greedy eyeballs in his head : By their high treason is his heart misled , Which gives the watch - word to his hand full soon To draw the cloud that hides the silver moon .
The curtains being close , about he walks , Rolling his greedy eyeballs in his head : By their high treason is his heart misled , Which gives the watch - word to his hand full soon To draw the cloud that hides the silver moon .
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Blake Gordred the giant roused himself From sleeping in his cave ; He shook the hills , and in the clouds The troubled banners wave . Beneath them rolled , like tempests black , The num'rous sons of blood ; Like lions ' whelps , roaring ...
Blake Gordred the giant roused himself From sleeping in his cave ; He shook the hills , and in the clouds The troubled banners wave . Beneath them rolled , like tempests black , The num'rous sons of blood ; Like lions ' whelps , roaring ...
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Arnold In that unnatural conflict ; for a cloud Grew suddenly in Heaven , and darked the sun Over the fighters ' heads ; and a wind rose Under their feet , and moaning swept the plain , And in a sandy whirlwind wrapped the pair .
Arnold In that unnatural conflict ; for a cloud Grew suddenly in Heaven , and darked the sun Over the fighters ' heads ; and a wind rose Under their feet , and moaning swept the plain , And in a sandy whirlwind wrapped the pair .
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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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