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Page 218
... hours that e'er I spend , Are spent amang the lasses O ! There's nought but care on ev'ry han ' , In ev'ry hour that passes O ; What signifies the life o ' man , An ' ' twere na for the lasses O. The warly race may riches chase , An ...
... hours that e'er I spend , Are spent amang the lasses O ! There's nought but care on ev'ry han ' , In ev'ry hour that passes O ; What signifies the life o ' man , An ' ' twere na for the lasses O. The warly race may riches chase , An ...
Page 334
... hour by hour . Pale privet - petals white as milk Are blown into a snowy mass The roses lie upon the grass Like little shreds of crimson silk . A. E. HOUSMAN ( 1859-1936 ) Yon far country Into my heart an air that kills From yon far ...
... hour by hour . Pale privet - petals white as milk Are blown into a snowy mass The roses lie upon the grass Like little shreds of crimson silk . A. E. HOUSMAN ( 1859-1936 ) Yon far country Into my heart an air that kills From yon far ...
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... hour 307 In such a night , when every louder wind 149 In the deserted , moon - blanched street 296 In the first rank of these did Zimri stand 142 In the grey wastes of dread 401 In the hour of my distress 91 In the merry month of May 34 ...
... hour 307 In such a night , when every louder wind 149 In the deserted , moon - blanched street 296 In the first rank of these did Zimri stand 142 In the grey wastes of dread 401 In the hour of my distress 91 In the merry month of May 34 ...
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