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... it said , ' Drink , pretty creature , drink ! ' And looking o'er the hedge , before me I espied A snow - white mountain lamb , with a maiden at its side . B Nor sheep , nor kine were near ; the lamb The Children's Treasury ...
... it said , ' Drink , pretty creature , drink ! ' And looking o'er the hedge , before me I espied A snow - white mountain lamb , with a maiden at its side . B Nor sheep , nor kine were near ; the lamb The Children's Treasury ...
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... snow ; Thy witty wiles to draw , and get The lark into the trammel net ; Thou hast thy cockrood and thy glade To take the precious pheasant made ; Thy lime - twigs , snares , and pitfalls then To catch the pilfering birds , not men . O ...
... snow ; Thy witty wiles to draw , and get The lark into the trammel net ; Thou hast thy cockrood and thy glade To take the precious pheasant made ; Thy lime - twigs , snares , and pitfalls then To catch the pilfering birds , not men . O ...
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... snow , And Marian's nose looks red and raw ; When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl- Then nightly sings the staring owl Tuwhoo ! Tuwhit ! tuwhoo ! A merry note ! While greasy Joan doth keel the pot . * 37 * W. Shakespeare JOCK OF HAZELDEAN ...
... snow , And Marian's nose looks red and raw ; When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl- Then nightly sings the staring owl Tuwhoo ! Tuwhit ! tuwhoo ! A merry note ! While greasy Joan doth keel the pot . * 37 * W. Shakespeare JOCK OF HAZELDEAN ...
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... snow in the glance of the Lord ! Lord Byron * 47 * THE SPANISH ARMADA ATTEND all ye who list to hear our noble England's praise , I tell of the thrice famous deeds she wrought in ancient days , When that great fleet invincible against ...
... snow in the glance of the Lord ! Lord Byron * 47 * THE SPANISH ARMADA ATTEND all ye who list to hear our noble England's praise , I tell of the thrice famous deeds she wrought in ancient days , When that great fleet invincible against ...
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... snow ; And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser , rolling rapidly . But Linden saw another sight , When the drum beat at dead of night Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery . 69 fane , cathedral 72 sped , sent ...
... snow ; And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser , rolling rapidly . But Linden saw another sight , When the drum beat at dead of night Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery . 69 fane , cathedral 72 sped , sent ...
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