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... - head Knight , for dread and doleful teene , Would fain have fled , ne durst approachen near ; But the other forced him stay , and comforted in fear . That darksome cave they enter , where they find That SPENCER The Cave of Despair ==
... - head Knight , for dread and doleful teene , Would fain have fled , ne durst approachen near ; But the other forced him stay , and comforted in fear . That darksome cave they enter , where they find That SPENCER The Cave of Despair ==
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... fear the bitter wave ? Is not short pain well borne , that brings long ease , And lays the soul to sleep in quiet grave ? Sleep after toil , port after stormy seas , Ease after war , death after life , doth greatly please . " The knight ...
... fear the bitter wave ? Is not short pain well borne , that brings long ease , And lays the soul to sleep in quiet grave ? Sleep after toil , port after stormy seas , Ease after war , death after life , doth greatly please . " The knight ...
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... Fear , sickness , age , loss , labour , sorrow , strife , Pain , hunger , cold , that makes the heart to quake ; And ever fickle fortune rageth rife ; All which , and thousands more , do make a loathsome life . " Thou , wretched man ...
... Fear , sickness , age , loss , labour , sorrow , strife , Pain , hunger , cold , that makes the heart to quake ; And ever fickle fortune rageth rife ; All which , and thousands more , do make a loathsome life . " Thou , wretched man ...
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... fear and sad affright . * * * * * * And over all sad Horror , with grim hue , Did always soar , beating his iron wings ; And after him owls and night - ravens flew , The hateful messengers of heavy things , Of death and dolour telling ...
... fear and sad affright . * * * * * * And over all sad Horror , with grim hue , Did always soar , beating his iron wings ; And after him owls and night - ravens flew , The hateful messengers of heavy things , Of death and dolour telling ...
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... fear the cruel fiends should thee un'wares devour . But standing high aloft , low lay thine ear , And there such ghastly noise of iron chains , And brazen cauldrons thou shalt rumbling hear , Which thousand spirits , with long enduring ...
... fear the cruel fiends should thee un'wares devour . But standing high aloft , low lay thine ear , And there such ghastly noise of iron chains , And brazen cauldrons thou shalt rumbling hear , Which thousand spirits , with long enduring ...
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