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Page 78
... Till every minute pays the hour his debt . Now is he come unto the chamber door , That shuts him from the heaven of his thought , Which with a yielding latch , and with no more , Hath barred him from the blessed thing he sought .
... Till every minute pays the hour his debt . Now is he come unto the chamber door , That shuts him from the heaven of his thought , Which with a yielding latch , and with no more , Hath barred him from the blessed thing he sought .
Page 172
Nae man can tether time or tide ; The hour approaches Tam maun ride : That hour , o'night's black arch the key - stane , That dreary hour Tam mounts his beast in ; And sic a night he taks the road in , As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in ...
Nae man can tether time or tide ; The hour approaches Tam maun ride : That hour , o'night's black arch the key - stane , That dreary hour Tam mounts his beast in ; And sic a night he taks the road in , As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in ...
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Southey They feed the raging flames , hour after hour , Till now the black and nauseous smoke is spent , And mingled with the ruins of the pile , The undistinguishable ashes lay . ' Go ! ' cried Prince Madoc , “ cast them in the stream ...
Southey They feed the raging flames , hour after hour , Till now the black and nauseous smoke is spent , And mingled with the ruins of the pile , The undistinguishable ashes lay . ' Go ! ' cried Prince Madoc , “ cast them in the stream ...
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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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