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... Michael's night , And , though stars be dim , the moon is bright . And the Cross , of bloody red , Will point to the grave of the mighty dead . XXIII . " What he gives thee , see thou keep ; Stay not thou for food or sleep : Be it ...
... Michael's night , And , though stars be dim , the moon is bright . And the Cross , of bloody red , Will point to the grave of the mighty dead . XXIII . " What he gives thee , see thou keep ; Stay not thou for food or sleep : Be it ...
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... Michael brandished , And trampled the Apostate's pride . The moon - beam kiss'd the holy pane , And threw on the pavement a bloody stain . XII . They sate them down on a marble stone , ' - ( A Scottish monarch slept below ; ) than the ...
... Michael brandished , And trampled the Apostate's pride . The moon - beam kiss'd the holy pane , And threw on the pavement a bloody stain . XII . They sate them down on a marble stone , ' - ( A Scottish monarch slept below ; ) than the ...
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... Michael Scott ; ' A wizard , of such dreaded fame , That when , in Salamanca's cave , " Him listed his magic wand to wave , The bells would ring in Notre Dame ! 3 Some of his skill he taught to me ; And , Warrior , I could say to thee ...
... Michael Scott ; ' A wizard , of such dreaded fame , That when , in Salamanca's cave , " Him listed his magic wand to wave , The bells would ring in Notre Dame ! 3 Some of his skill he taught to me ; And , Warrior , I could say to thee ...
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... Michael's night , When the bell toll'd one , and the moon was light , And I dug his chamber among the dead , When the floor of the chancel was stained red , That his patron's cross might over him wave , And scare the fiends from the ...
... Michael's night , When the bell toll'd one , and the moon was light , And I dug his chamber among the dead , When the floor of the chancel was stained red , That his patron's cross might over him wave , And scare the fiends from the ...
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... Michael , an English squire , and Joachim Cathore , a Frenchman , “ they met at the speare poyntes rudely : the French squyer justed right pleasantly ; the Englishman ran too lowe , for he strak the Frenchman depe into the thigh ...
... Michael , an English squire , and Joachim Cathore , a Frenchman , “ they met at the speare poyntes rudely : the French squyer justed right pleasantly ; the Englishman ran too lowe , for he strak the Frenchman depe into the thigh ...
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