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40 Now , when the cheerless empire of the sky To Capricorn the Centaur - Archer yields , And fierce Aquarius stains the inverted year + - * Hung o'er the farthest verge of heaven , the sun Scarce spreads o'er ether the dejected day .
40 Now , when the cheerless empire of the sky To Capricorn the Centaur - Archer yields , And fierce Aquarius stains the inverted year + - * Hung o'er the farthest verge of heaven , the sun Scarce spreads o'er ether the dejected day .
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Whene'er to drink you are inclin'd , Or cutty - sarks rin in your mind , Think ! ye may buy the joys o'er dear ; Remember Tam o ' Shanter's mare . Ye Flowery Banks o ' Bonnie Doon 428 YE flowery banks o ' bonnie Doon , How can ye blume ...
Whene'er to drink you are inclin'd , Or cutty - sarks rin in your mind , Think ! ye may buy the joys o'er dear ; Remember Tam o ' Shanter's mare . Ye Flowery Banks o ' Bonnie Doon 428 YE flowery banks o ' bonnie Doon , How can ye blume ...
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Fair dames and crested chiefs attention bow'd ; For still the burden of thy minstrelsy Was Knighthood's dauntless deed , and Beauty's matchless eye . O wake once more ! how rude soe'er the hand That ventures o'er thy magic maze to stray ...
Fair dames and crested chiefs attention bow'd ; For still the burden of thy minstrelsy Was Knighthood's dauntless deed , and Beauty's matchless eye . O wake once more ! how rude soe'er the hand That ventures o'er thy magic maze to stray ...
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Contents
Medieval Lyrics | 1 |
The Franklins Tale | 16 |
The wordes of the Host to the Phisicien | 28 |
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| Title | An Oxford Anthology of English Poetry |
| Editors | Howard Foster Lowry, Willard Thorp |
| Contributor | Margaret Farrand Thorp |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1947 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2009 |
| Length | 1232 pages |
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