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... fire sparkling ; His crisp hair into ringlets ran , Yellow , and bright , and shining as the sun ; His nose was high , his eyen bright and keen , His lippes round , his colour was sanguine , And as a lion he his looks did fling ; His ...
... fire sparkling ; His crisp hair into ringlets ran , Yellow , and bright , and shining as the sun ; His nose was high , his eyen bright and keen , His lippes round , his colour was sanguine , And as a lion he his looks did fling ; His ...
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... The damned ghosts that do in torments wail , And thousand fiends , that do them endless pain , With fire and brimstone , which for ever shall remain . The sight thereof so throughly him dismayed , That nought 16 Spencer .
... The damned ghosts that do in torments wail , And thousand fiends , that do them endless pain , With fire and brimstone , which for ever shall remain . The sight thereof so throughly him dismayed , That nought 16 Spencer .
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... fire , And all that might him to perdition draw ; And bade him choose what death he would desire : For death was due to him , that had provoked God's ire . But whenas none of them he saw him take , He to him brought a dagger , sharp and ...
... fire , And all that might him to perdition draw ; And bade him choose what death he would desire : For death was due to him , that had provoked God's ire . But whenas none of them he saw him take , He to him brought a dagger , sharp and ...
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... fire , flood , famine , by intemperance more In meats and drinks , which on the earth shall bring Diseases dire , of which a monstrous crew Before thee shall appear ; that thou mayst know What misery the inabstinence of Eve Shall bring ...
... fire , flood , famine , by intemperance more In meats and drinks , which on the earth shall bring Diseases dire , of which a monstrous crew Before thee shall appear ; that thou mayst know What misery the inabstinence of Eve Shall bring ...
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... fire his hairy strength , And crop - full out of doors he flings , Ere the first cock his matin rings . Thus done the tales , to bed they creep , By whispering winds soon lulled asleep . Towered cities please us then , And the busy hum ...
... fire his hairy strength , And crop - full out of doors he flings , Ere the first cock his matin rings . Thus done the tales , to bed they creep , By whispering winds soon lulled asleep . Towered cities please us then , And the busy hum ...
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