The Romance of the Rose, Volume 3J. M. Dent and Company, 1900 |
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... thereof may spring . Or if ' twere spared by cruel death , Yet might the wind's unruly breath So mix the grain in some ill hour , That through such burden failed the flower , Or that the leaves should feel the shock In such wise that ...
... thereof may spring . Or if ' twere spared by cruel death , Yet might the wind's unruly breath So mix the grain in some ill hour , That through such burden failed the flower , Or that the leaves should feel the shock In such wise that ...
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... thereof would hear , For shrieked it not , nor sang on high , Although of wondrous potency . His target was Retreat - obscure ( No bird e'er in a place more sure Laid eggs ) , set round with alleys blind , Through which no man his way ...
... thereof would hear , For shrieked it not , nor sang on high , Although of wondrous potency . His target was Retreat - obscure ( No bird e'er in a place more sure Laid eggs ) , set round with alleys blind , Through which no man his way ...
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... ( thereof ' twas dight ) , And when it flew from out the sheath , More bright than beryl - stone beneath The new - born sun's first rays ' twas seen . Terror - of - Peril , as I ween , Fear had for shield , set round with pain And labour ...
... ( thereof ' twas dight ) , And when it flew from out the sheath , More bright than beryl - stone beneath The new - born sun's first rays ' twas seen . Terror - of - Peril , as I ween , Fear had for shield , set round with pain And labour ...
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... thereof , with limber wood From Danger's thickets deftly hewed . Against them the besiegers send Great flights of keen - barbed arrows , penned With earnest vows and giftings fair , Which hope they in the end will bear Good recompense ...
... thereof , with limber wood From Danger's thickets deftly hewed . Against them the besiegers send Great flights of keen - barbed arrows , penned With earnest vows and giftings fair , Which hope they in the end will bear Good recompense ...
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... thereof proved she negligent . ND while the barons rent the air AND With shouts , as this great oath they sware , Nature , who tendeth everything That lives ' neath heaven's blue sheltering , Into her workshop entered straight , Where ...
... thereof proved she negligent . ND while the barons rent the air AND With shouts , as this great oath they sware , Nature , who tendeth everything That lives ' neath heaven's blue sheltering , Into her workshop entered straight , Where ...
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