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... profoundly influenced all subsequent English poetry . The great achievement of the Elizabethan age was , of course , the drama . Never before nor since did the theaters play so important a part in the national life of xii ENGLISH POEMS.
... profoundly influenced all subsequent English poetry . The great achievement of the Elizabethan age was , of course , the drama . Never before nor since did the theaters play so important a part in the national life of xii ENGLISH POEMS.
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... ' ' Well , I have a room , cousin Robin , ' she said , ' Which you did never see , And if you please to walk therein , You blooded by me shall be . ' 25 She took him by the lily - white hand , 8 ENGLISH POEMS Robin Hood's Death and Burial.
... ' ' Well , I have a room , cousin Robin , ' she said , ' Which you did never see , And if you please to walk therein , You blooded by me shall be . ' 25 She took him by the lily - white hand , 8 ENGLISH POEMS Robin Hood's Death and Burial.
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... never hurt woman in all my life , Nor man in woman's company . 55 60 ' I never hurt fair maid in all my time , Nor at my end shall it be ; But give me my bent bow in my hand , And a broad arrow I'll let flee , And where this arrow is ...
... never hurt woman in all my life , Nor man in woman's company . 55 60 ' I never hurt fair maid in all my time , Nor at my end shall it be ; But give me my bent bow in my hand , And a broad arrow I'll let flee , And where this arrow is ...
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... never an eye to see , I wad hae had you , flesh and fell ; But your sword sall gae wi ' me . ” " But gae ye up to Otterbourne , And wait there dayis three ; And , if I come not ere three dayis end , A fause knight ca ' ye me . " — " The ...
... never an eye to see , I wad hae had you , flesh and fell ; But your sword sall gae wi ' me . ” " But gae ye up to Otterbourne , And wait there dayis three ; And , if I come not ere three dayis end , A fause knight ca ' ye me . " — " The ...
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... never living mortal ken , That ere a kindly Scot lies here . " He lifted up that noble lord , Wi ' the saut tears in his ee ; He hid him in the braken bush , That his merrie - men might not see . 85 90 95 100 105 The moon was clear ...
... never living mortal ken , That ere a kindly Scot lies here . " He lifted up that noble lord , Wi ' the saut tears in his ee ; He hid him in the braken bush , That his merrie - men might not see . 85 90 95 100 105 The moon was clear ...
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