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... there be stryngs thereon . " " And what wolde ye doe with my harpe ? " he sayd , " If I did sell it yee ? " " To playe my wyfe and I a fitt , When we together be . " " Nowe sell me , Sir Kyng , thy bryde soe gay , As she sits laced in ...
... there be stryngs thereon . " " And what wolde ye doe with my harpe ? " he sayd , " If I did sell it yee ? " " To playe my wyfe and I a fitt , When we together be . " " Nowe sell me , Sir Kyng , thy bryde soe gay , As she sits laced in ...
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... there , No sound , except that throbbing wave , in earth or sea or air ; The massive capes and ruined towers seem ... There's one heart well avenged in the sack of Baltimore ! Midsummer morn , in woodland nigh , the birds begin to ...
... there , No sound , except that throbbing wave , in earth or sea or air ; The massive capes and ruined towers seem ... There's one heart well avenged in the sack of Baltimore ! Midsummer morn , in woodland nigh , the birds begin to ...
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... there . Some muttered of MacMurchadh , who had brought the Norman o'er ; Some cursed him with Iscariot , that day in Baltimore . The more we study this ballad , the more extraordinary does it appear , that it should have been the work ...
... there . Some muttered of MacMurchadh , who had brought the Norman o'er ; Some cursed him with Iscariot , that day in Baltimore . The more we study this ballad , the more extraordinary does it appear , that it should have been the work ...
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... There's a grim one - horse hearse in a jolly round trot ; To the church - yard a pauper is going , I wot ; The road ... there are none ; He has left not a gap in the world now he's gone ; Not a tear in the eye of child , woman , or man ...
... There's a grim one - horse hearse in a jolly round trot ; To the church - yard a pauper is going , I wot ; The road ... there are none ; He has left not a gap in the world now he's gone ; Not a tear in the eye of child , woman , or man ...
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... there is one cry which pervades them - vanity of vanities ! all is vanity ! -that there is an almost ostentatious longing for ob- scurity and retirement , may be accounted for by the fact that at an early age Cowley was thrown among the ...
... there is one cry which pervades them - vanity of vanities ! all is vanity ! -that there is an almost ostentatious longing for ob- scurity and retirement , may be accounted for by the fact that at an early age Cowley was thrown among the ...
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admirable ballads beauty Ben Jonson bird Bonny Dundee Bradshaigh bright brother called charming dear death delight doth EACUS English EURIPIDES eyes fair father fear feeling flowers Gelert gentlemen Gerald Griffin give Goodere grace hand happy hath hear heard heart Hepzibah honor horse Joanna Baillie John Banim John Clare kind King Klopstock knew Kyng lady laughed letters light live look Lord Mahony maid mignonette Molière morning murder never night noble o'er once Pan is dead passed pleasure poems poet poetry poor praise round SACK OF BALTIMORE scene seemed sing smile Soggarth aroon song spirit story sweet tears tell thee There's thing thou thought took trees Twas Ufton Court verse walk wild Winthrop Mackworth Praed wirra-sthru wonder words write wyfe XANTHIAS young youth