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... Doth work like madness in the brain . And thus it chanced , as I divine , With Roland and Sir Leoline ! Each spoke words of high disdain And insult to his heart's best brother ; They parted , ne'er to meet again ! But never either found ...
... Doth work like madness in the brain . And thus it chanced , as I divine , With Roland and Sir Leoline ! Each spoke words of high disdain And insult to his heart's best brother ; They parted , ne'er to meet again ! But never either found ...
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... doth grace : Heigh - ho , fair Rosaline ! Her lips are like two budded roses Whom ranks of lilies neighbor nigh , Within which bounds she balm encloses Apt to entice a deity : Heigh - ho , would she were mine ! Her neck is like a ...
... doth grace : Heigh - ho , fair Rosaline ! Her lips are like two budded roses Whom ranks of lilies neighbor nigh , Within which bounds she balm encloses Apt to entice a deity : Heigh - ho , would she were mine ! Her neck is like a ...
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... doth the sun the candle - light , Or brightest day the darkest night . And thereto hath a troth as just As had Penelope the fair ; For what she saith , ye may it trust , As it by writing sealed were : And virtues hath she many mo ' Than ...
... doth the sun the candle - light , Or brightest day the darkest night . And thereto hath a troth as just As had Penelope the fair ; For what she saith , ye may it trust , As it by writing sealed were : And virtues hath she many mo ' Than ...
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... doth , by nature tempted forth , Enamored through the eyes , Repose upon the eyes which it resembleth , And through them riseth to the Primal Love , As to its end , and honors in admiring ; For who adores the Maker needs must love his ...
... doth , by nature tempted forth , Enamored through the eyes , Repose upon the eyes which it resembleth , And through them riseth to the Primal Love , As to its end , and honors in admiring ; For who adores the Maker needs must love his ...
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... doth sow . DINAH MARIA MULOCK . BLACK AND BLUE EYES . THE brilliant black eye May in triumph let fly All its darts without caring who feels ' em ; But the soft eye of blue , Though it scatter wounds too , Is much better pleased when it ...
... doth sow . DINAH MARIA MULOCK . BLACK AND BLUE EYES . THE brilliant black eye May in triumph let fly All its darts without caring who feels ' em ; But the soft eye of blue , Though it scatter wounds too , Is much better pleased when it ...
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