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... . ) They , whom once the desert - beach ° Pent within its bleak domain , Soon their ample sway shall stretch O'er the plenty of the plain . 20 20 25 25 30 35 35 40 45 155 Low the dauntless earl ° is laid , THE FATAL SISTERS 29.
... . ) They , whom once the desert - beach ° Pent within its bleak domain , Soon their ample sway shall stretch O'er the plenty of the plain . 20 20 25 25 30 35 35 40 45 155 Low the dauntless earl ° is laid , THE FATAL SISTERS 29.
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... Once again my call obey , ° Prophetess , arise , and say , What dangers Odin's child await , Who the author of his fate ? PROPHETESS In Hoder's hand the hero's doom ; His brother sends him to the tomb . Now my weary lips I close : Leave ...
... Once again my call obey , ° Prophetess , arise , and say , What dangers Odin's child await , Who the author of his fate ? PROPHETESS In Hoder's hand the hero's doom ; His brother sends him to the tomb . Now my weary lips I close : Leave ...
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... once a right proper man , ° Though now a book , and interleaved you see . Much have I borne from cankered critic's spite , 5 From fumbling baronets and poets small , ° Pert barristers , and parsons nothing bright , But what awaits me ...
... once a right proper man , ° Though now a book , and interleaved you see . Much have I borne from cankered critic's spite , 5 From fumbling baronets and poets small , ° Pert barristers , and parsons nothing bright , But what awaits me ...
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... once , that garnished The drawing - room of fierce Queen Mary . The peeress comes . The audience stare , 100 105 And doff their hats with due submission : 110 She curtsies , as she takes her chair , To all the people of condition . The ...
... once , that garnished The drawing - room of fierce Queen Mary . The peeress comes . The audience stare , 100 105 And doff their hats with due submission : 110 She curtsies , as she takes her chair , To all the people of condition . The ...
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... once or twice had penned a sonnet ; Yet hoped , that he might save his bacon : Numbers would give their oaths upon it , He ne'er was for a conjurer taken . " The ghostly prudes with hagged face Already had condemned the sinner . My lady ...
... once or twice had penned a sonnet ; Yet hoped , that he might save his bacon : Numbers would give their oaths upon it , He ne'er was for a conjurer taken . " The ghostly prudes with hagged face Already had condemned the sinner . My lady ...
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