English Poems and Ballads: An Anthology of Narrative Verse |
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... cried ' Forward ! ' And those before cried ' Back ! ' And backward now and forward Wavers the deep array : And on the tossing sea of steel , To and fro the standards reel ; And the victorious trumpet - peal Dies fitfully away . But ...
... cried ' Forward ! ' And those before cried ' Back ! ' And backward now and forward Wavers the deep array : And on the tossing sea of steel , To and fro the standards reel ; And the victorious trumpet - peal Dies fitfully away . But ...
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... cried false Sextus , With a smile on his pale face . ' Now yield thee , ' cried Lars Porsena , ' Now yield thee to our grace . ' Round turned he , as not deigning Those craven ranks to see ; Nought spake he to Lars Porsena , To Sextus ...
... cried false Sextus , With a smile on his pale face . ' Now yield thee , ' cried Lars Porsena , ' Now yield thee to our grace . ' Round turned he , as not deigning Those craven ranks to see ; Nought spake he to Lars Porsena , To Sextus ...
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... cried , But John he cried in vain ; That trot became a gallop soon , In spite of curb and rein . So stooping down , as needs he must Who cannot sit upright , He grasped the mane with both his hands , And eke with all his might . His ...
... cried , But John he cried in vain ; That trot became a gallop soon , In spite of curb and rein . So stooping down , as needs he must Who cannot sit upright , He grasped the mane with both his hands , And eke with all his might . His ...
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The Holy Well Anonymous | 1 |
Hiawathas Childhood H W Longfellow | 7 |
Hiawathas Wooing H W Longfellow | 13 |
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