Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from Earliest to the Present Time : Connected by a Critical and Biographical HistoryRobert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1850 - English literature |
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... gold , He gef hors , he gef lond , Castles , and clothes eke ; His monnen he'iquende.5 which he occasionally diversifies the thread of his story , are , in general , appropriate and dramatic , and not only prove his good sense , but ...
... gold , He gef hors , he gef lond , Castles , and clothes eke ; His monnen he'iquende.5 which he occasionally diversifies the thread of his story , are , in general , appropriate and dramatic , and not only prove his good sense , but ...
Page 7
... gold and of silver eke , and thereafter they nome The headen of the hext masters , and to Antioch come , And laid them in engines , and into the city them cast : Tho they within i - see this , sore were they aghast ; That their masters ...
... gold and of silver eke , and thereafter they nome The headen of the hext masters , and to Antioch come , And laid them in engines , and into the city them cast : Tho they within i - see this , sore were they aghast ; That their masters ...
Page 10
... gold all about your head , With damask white and azure blue , Well diapered with lilies new . Your pommels shall be ended with gold , Your chains enamelled many a fold , Your mantle of rich degree , Purple pall and ermine free . Jennets ...
... gold all about your head , With damask white and azure blue , Well diapered with lilies new . Your pommels shall be ended with gold , Your chains enamelled many a fold , Your mantle of rich degree , Purple pall and ermine free . Jennets ...
Page 11
... gold shall hang aloft , With long paper fair burning , And cloves that be sweet smellíng . Frankincense and olibanum , That when ye sleep the taste may come ; And if ye no rest can take , All night minstrels for you shall wake ...
... gold shall hang aloft , With long paper fair burning , And cloves that be sweet smellíng . Frankincense and olibanum , That when ye sleep the taste may come ; And if ye no rest can take , All night minstrels for you shall wake ...
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... gold ful shene , On whiche was first ywriten a crouned A , And after , Amor vincit omnia . Another Nonne also with hire hadde she , That was hire chapelleine , and Preestes thre . A Monk ther was , a fayre for the maistrie , An out ...
... gold ful shene , On whiche was first ywriten a crouned A , And after , Amor vincit omnia . Another Nonne also with hire hadde she , That was hire chapelleine , and Preestes thre . A Monk ther was , a fayre for the maistrie , An out ...
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