Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose, Volume 1Scott, Foresman, 1910 - English literature |
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... Darkness , Olney Hymns , XXXV ( 1779 ) .. Republic ( 1802 ) 427 391 London , 1802 ( 1802 ) 427 On the Loss of the Royal George ( written 1782 ) The World is Too Much With Us 392 ( 1806 ) 427 The Jackdaw ( 1782 ) . 392 After - Thought ...
... Darkness , Olney Hymns , XXXV ( 1779 ) .. Republic ( 1802 ) 427 391 London , 1802 ( 1802 ) 427 On the Loss of the Royal George ( written 1782 ) The World is Too Much With Us 392 ( 1806 ) 427 The Jackdaw ( 1782 ) . 392 After - Thought ...
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... Dark Tower Came " The Cloud Confines ( 1872 ) . 692 ( 1855 ) 624 From The House of Life ( 1870 , 1881 ) Rabbi Ben Ezra ( 1864 ) . 626 The Sonnet 693 Prospice ( written 1861 , printed 1864 ) . 629 IV . Lovesight 693 Hervé Riel ( 1871 ) ...
... Dark Tower Came " The Cloud Confines ( 1872 ) . 692 ( 1855 ) 624 From The House of Life ( 1870 , 1881 ) Rabbi Ben Ezra ( 1864 ) . 626 The Sonnet 693 Prospice ( written 1861 , printed 1864 ) . 629 IV . Lovesight 693 Hervé Riel ( 1871 ) ...
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... darkness dwelt with difficulty for a time endured that he each day heard merriment Grim and greedy , he was soon ready , rugged and fierce , and in their rest 110 120 took thirty thanes ; and thence departed , in his prey exulting , to ...
... darkness dwelt with difficulty for a time endured that he each day heard merriment Grim and greedy , he was soon ready , rugged and fierce , and in their rest 110 120 took thirty thanes ; and thence departed , in his prey exulting , to ...
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... dark ghosts . That secret land they dwell in , wolf - dens , windy nesses , the perilous fen - path , where the mountain stream downward flows ' neath the mists of the nesses , the flood under earth . ' Tis not far thence , 1361 a mile ...
... dark ghosts . That secret land they dwell in , wolf - dens , windy nesses , the perilous fen - path , where the mountain stream downward flows ' neath the mists of the nesses , the flood under earth . ' Tis not far thence , 1361 a mile ...
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... dark o'er the vassals ; the courtiers all rose ; the grizzly - haired prince would go to his bed , the aged Scylding ; the Geat , exceedingly famed shield - warrior , desired to rest . Him , journey - weary , come from afar , a hall ...
... dark o'er the vassals ; the courtiers all rose ; the grizzly - haired prince would go to his bed , the aged Scylding ; the Geat , exceedingly famed shield - warrior , desired to rest . Him , journey - weary , come from afar , a hall ...
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