Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 20Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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Percy Society. All these and more Ile give thee for thy love , If these and more may tyce thy love away : I have a pidgeon - house , in it a dove , Which I love more than mortall tongue can say . And last of all Ile give thee a little ...
Percy Society. All these and more Ile give thee for thy love , If these and more may tyce thy love away : I have a pidgeon - house , in it a dove , Which I love more than mortall tongue can say . And last of all Ile give thee a little ...
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... give thee two fine pretie cubs , With two yong whelps , to make thee sport withall , A golden racket , and a tennis - ball . A guilded nutmeg , and a race of ginger , A silken girdle , and a drawn - worke band , Cuffs for thy wrists , a ...
... give thee two fine pretie cubs , With two yong whelps , to make thee sport withall , A golden racket , and a tennis - ball . A guilded nutmeg , and a race of ginger , A silken girdle , and a drawn - worke band , Cuffs for thy wrists , a ...
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Percy Society. 66 Hogmanay , trollolay ; Give us of your white bread , But none of your grey . Hagmena , Hagmena ; Give us cake and cheese , And let us go away . * Blessed be St. Stephen , There's no fasting on his even ! † If you bleed ...
Percy Society. 66 Hogmanay , trollolay ; Give us of your white bread , But none of your grey . Hagmena , Hagmena ; Give us cake and cheese , And let us go away . * Blessed be St. Stephen , There's no fasting on his even ! † If you bleed ...
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