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... RHYME ' . Again , the story is best told in his own words : - You know our country custom of coupling a man and woman to- gether as Partners in the labours of Harvest . - In my fifteenth autumn , my Partner was a bewitching creature who ...
... RHYME ' . Again , the story is best told in his own words : - You know our country custom of coupling a man and woman to- gether as Partners in the labours of Harvest . - In my fifteenth autumn , my Partner was a bewitching creature who ...
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... rhyme , My barmie noddle's working prime , My fancy yerkit up sublime Wi ' hasty summon : Hae ye a leisure ... rhyme for various reasons , he goes on to say - trouble about For me , an aim I never fash ; I rhyme for fun . This leads him ...
... rhyme , My barmie noddle's working prime , My fancy yerkit up sublime Wi ' hasty summon : Hae ye a leisure ... rhyme for various reasons , he goes on to say - trouble about For me , an aim I never fash ; I rhyme for fun . This leads him ...
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... rhyme ' , and after the word ' rhyme ' comes the second short line , ' In hamely , westlin jingle ' , giving the very effect of rhyme by its deliberately tinny echoing of ' jingle ' with ' ingle ' . He has not , however , wholly ...
... rhyme ' , and after the word ' rhyme ' comes the second short line , ' In hamely , westlin jingle ' , giving the very effect of rhyme by its deliberately tinny echoing of ' jingle ' with ' ingle ' . He has not , however , wholly ...
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