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Page 22
... deep dungeoun , He wald nocht gif of hir a sicht For gold nor yit ransoun— Bot gif the King mycht get a knycht , To fecht with his persoun , To fecht with him beth day and nycht , Quhill ane wer dungin doun . The King gart seik baith ...
... deep dungeoun , He wald nocht gif of hir a sicht For gold nor yit ransoun— Bot gif the King mycht get a knycht , To fecht with his persoun , To fecht with him beth day and nycht , Quhill ane wer dungin doun . The King gart seik baith ...
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... . With my pap I shall her keep ; Ne marvel ye not though I tend her to : This wound in my side had ne'er be so deep But Quia amore langueo . crippe ] scrip . mene ] care for . 25 . He . Long thou for love never so 38 ANONYMOUS.
... . With my pap I shall her keep ; Ne marvel ye not though I tend her to : This wound in my side had ne'er be so deep But Quia amore langueo . crippe ] scrip . mene ] care for . 25 . He . Long thou for love never so 38 ANONYMOUS.
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... deep reposed in my breast is she for her desart ! For many blessed gifts , O happy , happy land ! Where Mars and Pallas strive to make their glory most to stand ! Yet , land , more is thy bliss that , in this cruel age , A Venus ' imp ...
... deep reposed in my breast is she for her desart ! For many blessed gifts , O happy , happy land ! Where Mars and Pallas strive to make their glory most to stand ! Yet , land , more is thy bliss that , in this cruel age , A Venus ' imp ...
Page 102
... deep are dumb ; So , when affection yields discourse , it seems The bottom is but shallow whence they come . They that are rich in words , in words discover That they are poor in that which makes a lover . 76 . 77 . ii WRONG not , sweet ...
... deep are dumb ; So , when affection yields discourse , it seems The bottom is but shallow whence they come . They that are rich in words , in words discover That they are poor in that which makes a lover . 76 . 77 . ii WRONG not , sweet ...
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Arthur Quiller-Couch. Calm is the deep and purple sea , Yea , smoother than the sand ; The waves that weltering wont to be Are stable like the land . So silent is the cessile air That every cry and call The hills and dales and forest ...
Arthur Quiller-Couch. Calm is the deep and purple sea , Yea , smoother than the sand ; The waves that weltering wont to be Are stable like the land . So silent is the cessile air That every cry and call The hills and dales and forest ...
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