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... , And destin'd , darkling , to pursue Ambition's maze by Oswald's clue . XXVII . Wilfrid must love and woo the brigh Matilda , heir of Rokeby's knight - : --- : To love her was an easy hest , The secret 36 CANTO 1 ROXERY . { $
... , And destin'd , darkling , to pursue Ambition's maze by Oswald's clue . XXVII . Wilfrid must love and woo the brigh Matilda , heir of Rokeby's knight - : --- : To love her was an easy hest , The secret 36 CANTO 1 ROXERY . { $
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... Matilda could , she gave In pity to her gentle slave ; Friendship , esteem , and fair regard , And praise , the poet's best reward ! She read the tales his taste approved , And sung the lays he framed or loved Yet , loth to nurse the ...
... Matilda could , she gave In pity to her gentle slave ; Friendship , esteem , and fair regard , And praise , the poet's best reward ! She read the tales his taste approved , And sung the lays he framed or loved Yet , loth to nurse the ...
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... Matilda's way , Striving , with fond hypocrisy , For careless step and vacant eye ; Calming each anxious look and glance , To give the meeting all to chance , Or framing as a fair excuse , The book , the pencil , or the muse ; Something ...
... Matilda's way , Striving , with fond hypocrisy , For careless step and vacant eye ; Calming each anxious look and glance , To give the meeting all to chance , Or framing as a fair excuse , The book , the pencil , or the muse ; Something ...
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... host- All this , and more , might Spenser say , Yet waste in vain his magic lay , While Wilfrid eyed the distant tower , Whose lattice lights Matilda's bower . VII . The open vale is soon pass'd o'er , CANTO IL 413 ROKEBY .
... host- All this , and more , might Spenser say , Yet waste in vain his magic lay , While Wilfrid eyed the distant tower , Whose lattice lights Matilda's bower . VII . The open vale is soon pass'd o'er , CANTO IL 413 ROKEBY .
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... Matilda , all so coy To thee , is of another mood To that bold youth of Erin's blood . Thy ditties will she freely praise , And pay thy pains with courtly phrase ; In a rough path will oft command- Accept at least - thy friendly hand ...
... Matilda , all so coy To thee , is of another mood To that bold youth of Erin's blood . Thy ditties will she freely praise , And pay thy pains with courtly phrase ; In a rough path will oft command- Accept at least - thy friendly hand ...
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