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... Wind ICHOT a burde in boure bryht , That fully semly is on syht , Menskful maiden of myht ; Feir ant fre to fonde ; In al this wurhliche won A burde of blod ant of bon Never yete y nuste non Lussomore in londe . Blou northerne wynd ...
... Wind ICHOT a burde in boure bryht , That fully semly is on syht , Menskful maiden of myht ; Feir ant fre to fonde ; In al this wurhliche won A burde of blod ant of bon Never yete y nuste non Lussomore in londe . Blou northerne wynd ...
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... wind . If I had need ( as God forbede ! ) What socours could ye find ? Forsooth I trow , you and your bow For fear would draw behind . And no mervail ; for little avail Were in your counsel than : Wherefore I'll to the green - wood go ...
... wind . If I had need ( as God forbede ! ) What socours could ye find ? Forsooth I trow , you and your bow For fear would draw behind . And no mervail ; for little avail Were in your counsel than : Wherefore I'll to the green - wood go ...
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... winds how the clouds flee : Lo ! what a mariner love hath made me ! And in green waves when the salt flood Doth rise by rage of wind , A thousand fancies in that mood Assail my restless mind . Alas ! now drencheth my sweet foe , That ...
... winds how the clouds flee : Lo ! what a mariner love hath made me ! And in green waves when the salt flood Doth rise by rage of wind , A thousand fancies in that mood Assail my restless mind . Alas ! now drencheth my sweet foe , That ...
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... wind , I trow , Can hurt me if I wold ; I am so wrapp'd and thoroughly lapp'd Of jolly good ale and old . Back and side go bare , go bare , & c . And Tib , my wife , that as her life Loveth well good ale to seek , Full oft drinks she ...
... wind , I trow , Can hurt me if I wold ; I am so wrapp'd and thoroughly lapp'd Of jolly good ale and old . Back and side go bare , go bare , & c . And Tib , my wife , that as her life Loveth well good ale to seek , Full oft drinks she ...
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... winds can fast collect ; Her purple pens turn many a hue Against the sun direct . Now noon is went ; gone is midday ... wind is setting down ; The reek throws right up in the air From every tower and town . The gloming comes ; the day ...
... winds can fast collect ; Her purple pens turn many a hue Against the sun direct . Now noon is went ; gone is midday ... wind is setting down ; The reek throws right up in the air From every tower and town . The gloming comes ; the day ...
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