Over My Left Shoulder: A Panorama of Men and Events, Burlesques and Tragedies, Cabbages and Kings and Sometimes W and YD. Appleton, 1926 - 349 pages |
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Page 143 - by the gods for to assuage Heart's grief— And bitter gall away to chase.
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