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Page 38
The pipe so lily - like and weak , Does thus thy mortal state bespeak ; Thou art e'
en such ,Gone with a touch . Thus think , and smoke tobacco . And when the
smoke ascends on high , Then thou beholdst the vanity Of worldly stuff , Gone
with a ...
The pipe so lily - like and weak , Does thus thy mortal state bespeak ; Thou art e'
en such ,Gone with a touch . Thus think , and smoke tobacco . And when the
smoke ascends on high , Then thou beholdst the vanity Of worldly stuff , Gone
with a ...
Page 70
And there did young Monford with a blow on the face Lose both his eyes in a very
short space ; His life had been gone away with his sight , Had not a young
woman gone forth in the night . Among the said men , her fancy did move , To
search ...
And there did young Monford with a blow on the face Lose both his eyes in a very
short space ; His life had been gone away with his sight , Had not a young
woman gone forth in the night . Among the said men , her fancy did move , To
search ...
Page 135
Now , when she arrived at the kingdom of Spain , From city to city she travelled
amain , Enquiring about everywhere for her love , Who now had been gone
seven years and above . In Cadiz , as she walked along in the street , Her love
and his ...
Now , when she arrived at the kingdom of Spain , From city to city she travelled
amain , Enquiring about everywhere for her love , Who now had been gone
seven years and above . In Cadiz , as she walked along in the street , Her love
and his ...
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| Title | Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17 Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Percy Society Volume 17 of Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Percy Society |
| Author | Percy Society |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 15 May 2018 |
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