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... noble Duchess deign To listen to an old man's strain , Though stiff his hand , his voice though weak , He thought even yet , the sooth to speak , That , if she loved the harp to hear , He could make music to her ear . The humble boon ...
... noble Duchess deign To listen to an old man's strain , Though stiff his hand , his voice though weak , He thought even yet , the sooth to speak , That , if she loved the harp to hear , He could make music to her ear . The humble boon ...
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... noble race the Ladye came ; Her father was a clerk of fame , Of Bethune's line of Picardie : He learned the art , that none may name , In Padua , far beyond the sea . Men said , he changed his mortal frame By feat of magic mystery ; For ...
... noble race the Ladye came ; Her father was a clerk of fame , Of Bethune's line of Picardie : He learned the art , that none may name , In Padua , far beyond the sea . Men said , he changed his mortal frame By feat of magic mystery ; For ...
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... noble dame , by me ; Letter nor line know I never a one , Wer't my neck - verse at Hairibee . " XXV . Soon in his saddle sate he fast , And soon the steep descent he past , Soon crossed the sounding barbican , And soon the Teviot side ...
... noble dame , by me ; Letter nor line know I never a one , Wer't my neck - verse at Hairibee . " XXV . Soon in his saddle sate he fast , And soon the steep descent he past , Soon crossed the sounding barbican , And soon the Teviot side ...
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... noble mind was inly moved For the kinsman of the maid he loved . " This shalt thou do without delay ; No longer here myself may stay : Unless the swifter I speed away , Short shrift will be at my dying day . " VIIL Away in speed Lord ...
... noble mind was inly moved For the kinsman of the maid he loved . " This shalt thou do without delay ; No longer here myself may stay : Unless the swifter I speed away , Short shrift will be at my dying day . " VIIL Away in speed Lord ...
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... noble child ; Or , with his fingers long and lean , Had strangled him in fiendish spleen : But his awful mother he had in dread , And also his power was limited ; So he but scowled on the startled child , And darted through the forest ...
... noble child ; Or , with his fingers long and lean , Had strangled him in fiendish spleen : But his awful mother he had in dread , And also his power was limited ; So he but scowled on the startled child , And darted through the forest ...
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