English Poems and Ballads: An Anthology of Narrative Verse |
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... door , For he had a plentiful last - year's store , And all the neighbourhood could tell His granaries were furnish'd well . At last Bishop Hatto appointed a day To quiet the poor without delay ; He bade them to his great barn repair ...
... door , For he had a plentiful last - year's store , And all the neighbourhood could tell His granaries were furnish'd well . At last Bishop Hatto appointed a day To quiet the poor without delay ; He bade them to his great barn repair ...
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... wall . Came a beggar halt and sore : ' I faint for lack of bread . ' King's tower and queen's bower Cast him forth unfed . 10 7 He knocked at the door of the herdman's cot [ 19 ] The Ballad of Sir William Semmerwater Watson.
... wall . Came a beggar halt and sore : ' I faint for lack of bread . ' King's tower and queen's bower Cast him forth unfed . 10 7 He knocked at the door of the herdman's cot [ 19 ] The Ballad of Sir William Semmerwater Watson.
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... door , lest all Should say that she was proud . So three doors off the chaise was stayed , Where they did all get in ; Six precious souls , and all agog To dash through thick and thin ! Smack went the whip , round went the wheels , Were ...
... door , lest all Should say that she was proud . So three doors off the chaise was stayed , Where they did all get in ; Six precious souls , and all agog To dash through thick and thin ! Smack went the whip , round went the wheels , Were ...
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