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... guard him with thy head . ' So thou must eat the White Queen's meat , and all her foes are thine , ' And thou must harry thy father's hold for the peace of the Border - line , ' And thou must make a trooper tough and hack EAST AND WEST 9.
... guard him with thy head . ' So thou must eat the White Queen's meat , and all her foes are thine , ' And thou must harry thy father's hold for the peace of the Border - line , ' And thou must make a trooper tough and hack EAST AND WEST 9.
Page 10
... Guard , full twenty swords flew clear- There was not a man but carried his feud with the blood of the mountaineer . ' Ha ' done ! ha ' done ! ' said the Colonel's son . ' Put up the steel at your sides ! ' Last night ye had struck at a ...
... Guard , full twenty swords flew clear- There was not a man but carried his feud with the blood of the mountaineer . ' Ha ' done ! ha ' done ! ' said the Colonel's son . ' Put up the steel at your sides ! ' Last night ye had struck at a ...
Page 12
... guards and reached the pyre . There , her courage fail- ing , she prayed her cousin , a baron of the court , to kill her ... guard : All night the cressets glimmered pale On Ulwar sabre and Tonk jezail , Mewar headstall and Marwar mail ...
... guards and reached the pyre . There , her courage fail- ing , she prayed her cousin , a baron of the court , to kill her ... guard : All night the cressets glimmered pale On Ulwar sabre and Tonk jezail , Mewar headstall and Marwar mail ...
Page 14
... Guard them safely , but let me go , ' Or ever they pay the debt they owe ' In scourge and torture ! ' She leaped below , And the grim guard watched her flee . They knew that the King had spent his soul On a North - bred dancing - girl ...
... Guard them safely , but let me go , ' Or ever they pay the debt they owe ' In scourge and torture ! ' She leaped below , And the grim guard watched her flee . They knew that the King had spent his soul On a North - bred dancing - girl ...
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... Guard , Yar Khan , a bastard of the Blood , so city - babble saith , And he was honoured of the King - the which is salt to Death ; And he was son of Daoud Shah the Reiver of the Plains , And blood of old Durani Lords ran fire in his ...
... Guard , Yar Khan , a bastard of the Blood , so city - babble saith , And he was honoured of the King - the which is salt to Death ; And he was son of Daoud Shah the Reiver of the Plains , And blood of old Durani Lords ran fire in his ...
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