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Page 98
... sweet sting of love be past , The sweet that almost venom is ; though youth , With tender and extravagant delight , The first and secret kiss by twilight hedge , The insane farewell repeated o'er and o'er , Pass off ; there shall ...
... sweet sting of love be past , The sweet that almost venom is ; though youth , With tender and extravagant delight , The first and secret kiss by twilight hedge , The insane farewell repeated o'er and o'er , Pass off ; there shall ...
Page 209
... sweet music , they could succeed . ' Then , dropping his mouth to a hole in the reed , He blew in power by the river . Sweet , sweet , sweet , O Pan ! Piercing sweet by the river ! Blinding sweet , O great god Pan ! The sun on the hill ...
... sweet music , they could succeed . ' Then , dropping his mouth to a hole in the reed , He blew in power by the river . Sweet , sweet , sweet , O Pan ! Piercing sweet by the river ! Blinding sweet , O great god Pan ! The sun on the hill ...
Page 247
... sweet song of the gleemen and the melody of harps filled it with fierce hatred . From its wallow in the marshes , where the pestilent grey fog hung round its dwelling , the monster , known to all men as the Grendel , came forth , to ...
... sweet song of the gleemen and the melody of harps filled it with fierce hatred . From its wallow in the marshes , where the pestilent grey fog hung round its dwelling , the monster , known to all men as the Grendel , came forth , to ...
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Acrisius Aphrodite Apollo Arachne arms Atalanta Baldur beautiful Beowulf birds blood Cathbad chariot Charlemagne child children of Lîr Conor creature cried cruel dark daughter dead dear death Deirdrê Diana dreams earth Echo Emain Macha Erin Eros Eurydice evil eyes face fair father fear fell fierce flowers Freya Ganelon gazed goddess gods gold golden Grendel grew grey Halcyone hand happiness heard heart hero honour Hrothgar Hyacinthus Kemoc king knew land Lavarcam listened live Loch Etive looked Marpessa Meleager Midas mighty monster mother mountain Naoise never night nymphs Odin Olympus Orpheus palace Pallas Athené passed Perseus Phaeton Polydectes Psyche queen river Roland Sea of Moyle slay sleep smiled song Sons of Usna sorrow soul spoke stood sweet swiftly sword thee thing thou told trees voice warriors weary wind wings woman words Zephyrus Zeus