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... hand on his sword ( For the poor craven bridegroom ne'er opened his head ) " Oh , come ye in peace here , or come ye ... hand ere her mother could Interfere , " Now tread we a measure ; first four Half right and left ; swing , " cried ...
... hand on his sword ( For the poor craven bridegroom ne'er opened his head ) " Oh , come ye in peace here , or come ye ... hand ere her mother could Interfere , " Now tread we a measure ; first four Half right and left ; swing , " cried ...
Page 721
... hand , This bald - headed tyrant from No - man's - land ? " Old Time he looked with a puzzled stare , And a smile came over his features grim . " I'll take the tyrant under my care : Watch what my hour - glass does to him . The veriest ...
... hand , This bald - headed tyrant from No - man's - land ? " Old Time he looked with a puzzled stare , And a smile came over his features grim . " I'll take the tyrant under my care : Watch what my hour - glass does to him . The veriest ...
Page 897
... hand ; They wept like anything to see Such quantities of sand : " If this were only cleared away , " They said , " it would be grand ! " " If seven maids with seven mops Swept it for half a year , Do you suppose , " the Walrus said ...
... hand ; They wept like anything to see Such quantities of sand : " If this were only cleared away , " They said , " it would be grand ! " " If seven maids with seven mops Swept it for half a year , Do you suppose , " the Walrus said ...
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