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Anonymo on Four and twenty ladies fair Were playing at the chess , And out then cam the fair Janet , As green as onie glass . Out then spak an auld grey knight , Lay o'er the castle wa ' , And says , ' Alas , fair Janet , for thee ...
Anonymo on Four and twenty ladies fair Were playing at the chess , And out then cam the fair Janet , As green as onie glass . Out then spak an auld grey knight , Lay o'er the castle wa ' , And says , ' Alas , fair Janet , for thee ...
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WILLIAM BLAKE FAIR ELENOR The bell struck one , and shook the silent tower ; The graves give up their dead : fair Elenor Walked by the castle gate , and looked in . A hollow groan ran thro ' the dreary vaults .
WILLIAM BLAKE FAIR ELENOR The bell struck one , and shook the silent tower ; The graves give up their dead : fair Elenor Walked by the castle gate , and looked in . A hollow groan ran thro ' the dreary vaults .
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Swinburne And mightily with shock of horse and man They lashed together : and fair that fight began As fair came up that sunrise ; to and fro , With knees nigh staggered and stout heads bent low From each quick shock of spears on either ...
Swinburne And mightily with shock of horse and man They lashed together : and fair that fight began As fair came up that sunrise ; to and fro , With knees nigh staggered and stout heads bent low From each quick shock of spears on either ...
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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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