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... hand to hand . As the harp came nearer to him he rose , since it was his turn that night to watch the cattle , and escaped into the stables . There , since we know by his work that he was true poet born , his train of thought doubtless ...
... hand to hand . As the harp came nearer to him he rose , since it was his turn that night to watch the cattle , and escaped into the stables . There , since we know by his work that he was true poet born , his train of thought doubtless ...
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... hands and feet of his child ; then hove on the pile young Isaac , and then hastily gripped the sword by the hilt ... hand . It has for its subject Christ and Satan ; it is fragmentary , and perhaps no part of it is by Cadmon , except ...
... hands and feet of his child ; then hove on the pile young Isaac , and then hastily gripped the sword by the hilt ... hand . It has for its subject Christ and Satan ; it is fragmentary , and perhaps no part of it is by Cadmon , except ...
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... hand to hand , so that a man might have high reputation in society as wit and poet without the printing of a line of his during his lifetime , except now and then , when Henry Lawes or some other composer had set a song to music . 42 ...
... hand to hand , so that a man might have high reputation in society as wit and poet without the printing of a line of his during his lifetime , except now and then , when Henry Lawes or some other composer had set a song to music . 42 ...
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