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... fall . Foemen of Deivyr and foemen of Bryneich slain , Hundreds on hundreds in one little hour , Ever his bride - feast untasted must now remain ; Him now the wolves and the ravens devour . Mead in the hall , Hyveidd Hir , cost us high ...
... fall . Foemen of Deivyr and foemen of Bryneich slain , Hundreds on hundreds in one little hour , Ever his bride - feast untasted must now remain ; Him now the wolves and the ravens devour . Mead in the hall , Hyveidd Hir , cost us high ...
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... fall . Foemen of Deivyr and foemen of Bryneich slain , Hundreds on hundreds in one little hour . Ever his bride - feast untasted must now remain ; Him now the wolves and the ravens devour . Mead in the hall , Hyveidd Hir , cost us high ...
... fall . Foemen of Deivyr and foemen of Bryneich slain , Hundreds on hundreds in one little hour . Ever his bride - feast untasted must now remain ; Him now the wolves and the ravens devour . Mead in the hall , Hyveidd Hir , cost us high ...
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... fall . CHAPTER II . THE FIRST ENGLISH . - A.D . 570 TO A.D. 1066 . THE READER . From a Thirteenth Century MS . in ... falls out , By Fortune from God , That a man and a maiden In this world may marry , Find cheer in the child Whom they ...
... fall . CHAPTER II . THE FIRST ENGLISH . - A.D . 570 TO A.D. 1066 . THE READER . From a Thirteenth Century MS . in ... falls out , By Fortune from God , That a man and a maiden In this world may marry , Find cheer in the child Whom they ...
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... fall from the height Of the tall forest tree : Yet he trips as though flying , Plays proudly in air Till he reaches the point Where the woodgrowth is weak ; Life then whirls in his brain , Bereft of his reason He sinks to the root , Falls ...
... fall from the height Of the tall forest tree : Yet he trips as though flying , Plays proudly in air Till he reaches the point Where the woodgrowth is weak ; Life then whirls in his brain , Bereft of his reason He sinks to the root , Falls ...
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... fall , Th ' Archdeacon's trade and life , whose course was , next of If anything by chance did ' scape the Bishop's hand , With tooth and nail to snatch and tear in pieces small . This man is full of eyne when he at synod sits ; A lynx ...
... fall , Th ' Archdeacon's trade and life , whose course was , next of If anything by chance did ' scape the Bishop's hand , With tooth and nail to snatch and tear in pieces small . This man is full of eyne when he at synod sits ; A lynx ...
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