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... death of Urien , he carried the chief's head in his mantle from the field . " The head , " he sang , " that I carry carried me ; I shall find it no more ; it will come no more to my succour . Woe to my hand , my happiness is lost ...
... death of Urien , he carried the chief's head in his mantle from the field . " The head , " he sang , " that I carry carried me ; I shall find it no more ; it will come no more to my succour . Woe to my hand , my happiness is lost ...
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... death , when her course was ended , Ben Jonson wrote : ' Underneath this sable herse Lies the subject of all verse , Sidney's sister , Pembroke's mother ; Death , ere thou hast slain another Learn'd and fair and good as she , Time shall ...
... death , when her course was ended , Ben Jonson wrote : ' Underneath this sable herse Lies the subject of all verse , Sidney's sister , Pembroke's mother ; Death , ere thou hast slain another Learn'd and fair and good as she , Time shall ...
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... death , and wrote plays for a theatre then newly built , the first in Dublin . When he came back , a clever dramatist and blameless gentleman , James Shirley took part on the king's side in the Civil War ; and when the stage would no ...
... death , and wrote plays for a theatre then newly built , the first in Dublin . When he came back , a clever dramatist and blameless gentleman , James Shirley took part on the king's side in the Civil War ; and when the stage would no ...
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