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... young love , when first you met with me Along the sedgy banks of Tigris ' stream , ( For I was then a spirit of its waves , ) Where you did stray by me o'er mirrored stars , Whispering love - verses to my willing ear ; - Or by our ...
... young love , when first you met with me Along the sedgy banks of Tigris ' stream , ( For I was then a spirit of its waves , ) Where you did stray by me o'er mirrored stars , Whispering love - verses to my willing ear ; - Or by our ...
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... young Fortune's wheel ? MAYFLOWER . Those who do gossip this have told no lie , There's not a secret that I can't reveal ; And pretty Fortune I've enthralled so That she my minion is , and flies by me . What is't on earth or air that ...
... young Fortune's wheel ? MAYFLOWER . Those who do gossip this have told no lie , There's not a secret that I can't reveal ; And pretty Fortune I've enthralled so That she my minion is , and flies by me . What is't on earth or air that ...
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... young wits to bait . I will not bear it ! I will spite the blood Of him who next begins . And for this girl- Ye Gods ! that I should love a Saxon maid ! SCENE IV . EDUNA'S Tent . GUTHRUM and EDUNA . SCENE III 43 [ . ALFRED . . ]
... young wits to bait . I will not bear it ! I will spite the blood Of him who next begins . And for this girl- Ye Gods ! that I should love a Saxon maid ! SCENE IV . EDUNA'S Tent . GUTHRUM and EDUNA . SCENE III 43 [ . ALFRED . . ]
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... young – What are your years , sweet girl ? ALICE . My life has passed So quietly , I scarce kept count till now ; Old Swertha tells me I have seen eighteen . Hush now , GUTHRUM . Eduna ! you usurp my time With foolish babble , let me ...
... young – What are your years , sweet girl ? ALICE . My life has passed So quietly , I scarce kept count till now ; Old Swertha tells me I have seen eighteen . Hush now , GUTHRUM . Eduna ! you usurp my time With foolish babble , let me ...
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... young child , [ Pause . I've known my sire , when this same night came round , Crouch o'er the hearth , and while the blast swept by , Bearing the echo of some distant scream , Whisper us thus , - " Ever upon this night 66 Spirits do ...
... young child , [ Pause . I've known my sire , when this same night came round , Crouch o'er the hearth , and while the blast swept by , Bearing the echo of some distant scream , Whisper us thus , - " Ever upon this night 66 Spirits do ...
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