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... night she does so . When the queen of fairies at midnight came riding past with all her followers , Janet was on the outlook and did what her husband told her must be done if he is to escape : - 1 i.e. the tenth part . " Gloomy , gloomy ...
... night she does so . When the queen of fairies at midnight came riding past with all her followers , Janet was on the outlook and did what her husband told her must be done if he is to escape : - 1 i.e. the tenth part . " Gloomy , gloomy ...
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... night , And each shafted oriel glimmers white ; When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruin'd central tower ; When buttress and buttress , alternately , Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; When silver edges the imagery , And ...
... night , And each shafted oriel glimmers white ; When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruin'd central tower ; When buttress and buttress , alternately , Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; When silver edges the imagery , And ...
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... night and I could not see ) a traveller drowning - in the Frith of Solway . The inflow of the tide had unhorsed him as he was passing the sands from Cumberland . The west wind blew a tempest , and according to the common expression ...
... night and I could not see ) a traveller drowning - in the Frith of Solway . The inflow of the tide had unhorsed him as he was passing the sands from Cumberland . The west wind blew a tempest , and according to the common expression ...
Contents
Stories of Scotts Boyhood page II | 11 |
How the Ballads led to the Poems | 41 |
How the Poems led to the Novels | 55 |
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