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Page 44
... rocks with engine keen , That point of spear it never piercen could , No dint of direful sword divide the substance would . The same to wight he never would disclose , But whenas monsters huge he would dismay , Or daunt unequal armies ...
... rocks with engine keen , That point of spear it never piercen could , No dint of direful sword divide the substance would . The same to wight he never would disclose , But whenas monsters huge he would dismay , Or daunt unequal armies ...
Page 45
... rock that lies a little space From the swift Barry , tumbling down apace Amongst the woody hills of Dynevowre : But dare thou not , I charge , in any case , To enter into that same baleful bower , For fear the cruel fiends should thee ...
... rock that lies a little space From the swift Barry , tumbling down apace Amongst the woody hills of Dynevowre : But dare thou not , I charge , in any case , To enter into that same baleful bower , For fear the cruel fiends should thee ...
Page 66
... rock could long Dry - eyed behold ? Adam could not , but wept , Though not of woman born : compassion quelled His best of man , and gave him up to tears A space , till firmer thoughts restrained excess ; And scarce recovering words ...
... rock could long Dry - eyed behold ? Adam could not , but wept , Though not of woman born : compassion quelled His best of man , and gave him up to tears A space , till firmer thoughts restrained excess ; And scarce recovering words ...
Page 67
... rocks As ragged as thy locks , In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell . But come thou goddess fair and free , In Heaven yclept Euphrosyne , And by men , heart - easing Mirth , Whom lovely Venus at a birth , With two sister - graces more ...
... rocks As ragged as thy locks , In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell . But come thou goddess fair and free , In Heaven yclept Euphrosyne , And by men , heart - easing Mirth , Whom lovely Venus at a birth , With two sister - graces more ...
Page 88
... rocks . The moans The vales redoubled to the hills , and they To heaven . Their martyred blood and ashes sow O'er all the Italian fields , where still doth sway The triple tyrant ; that from these may grow A hundred fold , who , having ...
... rocks . The moans The vales redoubled to the hills , and they To heaven . Their martyred blood and ashes sow O'er all the Italian fields , where still doth sway The triple tyrant ; that from these may grow A hundred fold , who , having ...
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