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Page 162
... grew , and up the country ran , And there they seized him - a distempered man : Him we received , and to a parish - bed , Followed and cursed , the groaning man was led . Here when they saw him , whom they used to shun , A lost , lone ...
... grew , and up the country ran , And there they seized him - a distempered man : Him we received , and to a parish - bed , Followed and cursed , the groaning man was led . Here when they saw him , whom they used to shun , A lost , lone ...
Page 179
... grew the desire I felt To cleave unto this man ; but when I prayed To share his enterprise , he hurried on Reckless of me : I followed , not unseen , For oftentimes he cast a backward look , Grasping his twofold treasure . Lance in rest ...
... grew the desire I felt To cleave unto this man ; but when I prayed To share his enterprise , he hurried on Reckless of me : I followed , not unseen , For oftentimes he cast a backward look , Grasping his twofold treasure . Lance in rest ...
Page 304
... Grew blacker : thunder rumbled in the air , And lightnings rent the cloud ; and Ruksh , the horse , Who stood at hand , uttered a dreadful cry : No horse's cry was that , most like the roar Of some pained desert lion , who all day Has ...
... Grew blacker : thunder rumbled in the air , And lightnings rent the cloud ; and Ruksh , the horse , Who stood at hand , uttered a dreadful cry : No horse's cry was that , most like the roar Of some pained desert lion , who all day Has ...
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