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And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume ; And the bride - maidens whispered ' ' Twere better by far , To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar . ' One touch to her hand , and one word in her ear , When they ...
And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume ; And the bride - maidens whispered ' ' Twere better by far , To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar . ' One touch to her hand , and one word in her ear , When they ...
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He stood with his head in the mulberry tree , And he spoke out aloud in his fond reverie : At the sound of the word , the good mare made a push , And down went the priest in the wild - briar bush . He remembered too late , on his thorny ...
He stood with his head in the mulberry tree , And he spoke out aloud in his fond reverie : At the sound of the word , the good mare made a push , And down went the priest in the wild - briar bush . He remembered too late , on his thorny ...
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... the sounds again Went noiseless as a passing noontide rain Over a bower , where little space he stood ; For as the sunset peeps into a wood So saw he panting light , and towards it went Through winding alleys ; and lo , wonderment !
... the sounds again Went noiseless as a passing noontide rain Over a bower , where little space he stood ; For as the sunset peeps into a wood So saw he panting light , and towards it went Through winding alleys ; and lo , wonderment !
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Contents
CHARLES SACKVILLE EARL OF DORSET 16381706 | 1 |
ANNE COUNTESS OF WINCHILSEA ?16601720 | 10 |
WILLIAM CONGREVE 16701729 | 19 |
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| Title | The Oxford Library of English Poetry: Sackville to Keats Volume 2 of The Oxford Library of English Poetry, John Wain |
| Editor | John Wain |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1986 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 3 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0192122460, 9780192122469 |
| Length | 511 pages |
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