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Page 101
... fire and greedy hardiment , The youthfull Knight could not for ought be staide ; But forth unto the darksom hole he went , 120 And looked in : his glistring armor made A little glooming light , much like a shade ; By which he saw the ...
... fire and greedy hardiment , The youthfull Knight could not for ought be staide ; But forth unto the darksom hole he went , 120 And looked in : his glistring armor made A little glooming light , much like a shade ; By which he saw the ...
Page 107
... fire , Laurels bind about his lyre , A Daphnean coronet for his head , The Muses dance about his bed ; When on his ravishing lute he plays , Strew his temple round with bays . Io , pæans let us sing To the glittering Delian king ! FAIRY ...
... fire , Laurels bind about his lyre , A Daphnean coronet for his head , The Muses dance about his bed ; When on his ravishing lute he plays , Strew his temple round with bays . Io , pæans let us sing To the glittering Delian king ! FAIRY ...
Page 111
... fire : Nor pitiest thou thy son , nor wife , who must thy widow be , 440 If now thou issue ; all the field will only run on thee . Better my shoulders underwent the earth , than thy decease ; For then would earth bear joys no more ...
... fire : Nor pitiest thou thy son , nor wife , who must thy widow be , 440 If now thou issue ; all the field will only run on thee . Better my shoulders underwent the earth , than thy decease ; For then would earth bear joys no more ...
Page 112
... fire must Hector's trial shine ; Here must his country , father , friends , be , in him , made divine . And such a stormy day shall come ( in mind and soul I know ) When sacred Troy shall shed her towers , for tears of overthrow ; When ...
... fire must Hector's trial shine ; Here must his country , father , friends , be , in him , made divine . And such a stormy day shall come ( in mind and soul I know ) When sacred Troy shall shed her towers , for tears of overthrow ; When ...
Page 113
... fire Billow'd on her soft cheeks , to hear the last of Hec- tor's speech , 520 In which his vows comprised the sum of all he did beseech In her wish'd comfort . So she took into her odorous breast Her husband's gift ; who moved to see ...
... fire Billow'd on her soft cheeks , to hear the last of Hec- tor's speech , 520 In which his vows comprised the sum of all he did beseech In her wish'd comfort . So she took into her odorous breast Her husband's gift ; who moved to see ...
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