English Lyrics Chaucer to Poe 1340-1809 |
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... light , O palace , whilom day , that now art night , Well oughtest thou to fall , and I to die , Since she is went that wont was us to gye ! O palace , whilom crown of houses all , Enlumined with sun of allë bliss ! O ring fro which the ...
... light , O palace , whilom day , that now art night , Well oughtest thou to fall , and I to die , Since she is went that wont was us to gye ! O palace , whilom crown of houses all , Enlumined with sun of allë bliss ! O ring fro which the ...
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... light . And when he was from every mannës sight , With softë voice he , of his lady dear , That was absent , gan sing as ye may hear : - ' O star , of which I lost have all the light , With hertë sore well ought I to bewail , That ever ...
... light . And when he was from every mannës sight , With softë voice he , of his lady dear , That was absent , gan sing as ye may hear : - ' O star , of which I lost have all the light , With hertë sore well ought I to bewail , That ever ...
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... light ; Dress from desert , draw to thy dwelling - place ; Speed home , for why ? Anone comes the night Which does thee follow with ane ythand chace ! Bend up thy sail , and win thy port of grace ; For and the death o'ertake thee in ...
... light ; Dress from desert , draw to thy dwelling - place ; Speed home , for why ? Anone comes the night Which does thee follow with ane ythand chace ! Bend up thy sail , and win thy port of grace ; For and the death o'ertake thee in ...
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... light , Or brightest day the darkest night . And thereto hath a troth as just As had Penelope the fair ; For what she saith , ye may it trust , As it by writing sealed were : And virtues hath she many moe Than I with pen have skill to ...
... light , Or brightest day the darkest night . And thereto hath a troth as just As had Penelope the fair ; For what she saith , ye may it trust , As it by writing sealed were : And virtues hath she many moe Than I with pen have skill to ...
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... light , With banks that blooms on every brae , And showers are shed forth of their sight , Through gladness of this lusty May . Birds on bewïs of every birth , Rejoicing notes makand their mirth Right pleasantly upon the spray , With ...
... light , With banks that blooms on every brae , And showers are shed forth of their sight , Through gladness of this lusty May . Birds on bewïs of every birth , Rejoicing notes makand their mirth Right pleasantly upon the spray , With ...
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English Lyrics: Chaucer to Poe; 1340 1809 (Classic Reprint) William Ernest Henley No preview available - 2018 |
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