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... MAY QUEEN 130 NEW YEAR'S EVE . 134 • CONCLUSION 138 • THE LOTOS - EATERS . A DREAM OF FAIR WOMEN MARGARET THE BLACKBIRD THE DEATH OF THE OLD YEAR TO J. S. • . 171 142 · 150 163 • · 166 168 Page 66 YOU ASK ME , WHY , THO ' X CONTENTS .
... MAY QUEEN 130 NEW YEAR'S EVE . 134 • CONCLUSION 138 • THE LOTOS - EATERS . A DREAM OF FAIR WOMEN MARGARET THE BLACKBIRD THE DEATH OF THE OLD YEAR TO J. S. • . 171 142 · 150 163 • · 166 168 Page 66 YOU ASK ME , WHY , THO ' X CONTENTS .
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... Fair - fronted Truth shall droop not now With shrilling shafts of subtle wit . Nor martyr - flames , nor trenchant swords Can do away that ancient lie ; A gentler death shall Falsehood die , Shot thro ' and thro ' with cunning words . 3 ...
... Fair - fronted Truth shall droop not now With shrilling shafts of subtle wit . Nor martyr - flames , nor trenchant swords Can do away that ancient lie ; A gentler death shall Falsehood die , Shot thro ' and thro ' with cunning words . 3 ...
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... fair With thy floating flaxen hair ; Thy rose - lips and full blue eyes Take the heart from out my breast . Wherefore those dim looks of thine , Shadowy , dreaming Adeline ? 2 . Whence that aery bloom of thine , Like a lily which the ...
... fair With thy floating flaxen hair ; Thy rose - lips and full blue eyes Take the heart from out my breast . Wherefore those dim looks of thine , Shadowy , dreaming Adeline ? 2 . Whence that aery bloom of thine , Like a lily which the ...
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Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson. THE MERMAID . 1 . WHO would be A mermaid fair , Singing alone , Combing her hair Under the sea , In a golden curl With a comb of pearl , On a throne ? 2 . I would be a mermaid fair ; 1 would sing to myself ...
Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson. THE MERMAID . 1 . WHO would be A mermaid fair , Singing alone , Combing her hair Under the sea , In a golden curl With a comb of pearl , On a throne ? 2 . I would be a mermaid fair ; 1 would sing to myself ...
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... fair , " would seem to award it thine , As lovelier than whatever Oread haunt The knolls of Ida , loveliest in all grace Of movement , and the charm of married brows . ' " Dear mother Ida , harken ere I die . He prest the blossom of his ...
... fair , " would seem to award it thine , As lovelier than whatever Oread haunt The knolls of Ida , loveliest in all grace Of movement , and the charm of married brows . ' " Dear mother Ida , harken ere I die . He prest the blossom of his ...
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