Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 20Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... clear , Of prosperous weather all the year . If St. Paul's day + be fair and clear , It doth betide a happy year ; and there making a mark . At new year's day , the sun at the meridian being higher , its shadow comes nearer the door by ...
... clear , Of prosperous weather all the year . If St. Paul's day + be fair and clear , It doth betide a happy year ; and there making a mark . At new year's day , the sun at the meridian being higher , its shadow comes nearer the door by ...
Page 28
... clear . If Candlemas - day be fair and bright , Winter will have another flight . If Candlemas - day is fair and clear , There'll be two winters in the year . ‡ If Candlemas - day be clouds and rain , Winter is gone , and will not come ...
... clear . If Candlemas - day be fair and bright , Winter will have another flight . If Candlemas - day is fair and clear , There'll be two winters in the year . ‡ If Candlemas - day be clouds and rain , Winter is gone , and will not come ...
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... clear , An end of wheat - sowing do make for this year.t Pray to remember , The fifth of November , The gunpowder treason and plot ; When the king and his train , Had nearly been slain , Therefore it shall not be forgot ! November take ...
... clear , An end of wheat - sowing do make for this year.t Pray to remember , The fifth of November , The gunpowder treason and plot ; When the king and his train , Had nearly been slain , Therefore it shall not be forgot ! November take ...
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