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... soon take me away . ' And so he spent the night awake , and in thanksgiving ; and when the morning appeared , that is Wednesday , he ordered us to write with all speed , what he had begun . There was one of us with him , who said to him ...
... soon take me away . ' And so he spent the night awake , and in thanksgiving ; and when the morning appeared , that is Wednesday , he ordered us to write with all speed , what he had begun . There was one of us with him , who said to him ...
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... Soon after the boy said , ' The sentence is now written ; it is ended . ' He replied , ' It is well ; you have said the truth . It is ended . Receive my head into your hands ; for it is a great satisfaction to me to sit facing my holy ...
... Soon after the boy said , ' The sentence is now written ; it is ended . ' He replied , ' It is well ; you have said the truth . It is ended . Receive my head into your hands ; for it is a great satisfaction to me to sit facing my holy ...
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... of what he aspired to be and do ; and ladies , too , who read nothing but romance and poetry , longed to read Geoffrey's Latin book . Very soon it was turned into French verse , first by Gaimar 24 THE STORY OF ENGLISH Literature .
... of what he aspired to be and do ; and ladies , too , who read nothing but romance and poetry , longed to read Geoffrey's Latin book . Very soon it was turned into French verse , first by Gaimar 24 THE STORY OF ENGLISH Literature .
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... soon reached the forest , and rode through it till they came into a great valley , where they saw an abbey of nuns . They stopped at the gate , which was opened to them immediately ; and as soon as they entered the house they were taken ...
... soon reached the forest , and rode through it till they came into a great valley , where they saw an abbey of nuns . They stopped at the gate , which was opened to them immediately ; and as soon as they entered the house they were taken ...
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... soon proved that he knew how to be a good knight as well as a good man , for the King appointed a tournament to be held in the meadow at Camelot , and on that day Sir Galahad overcame every knight who entered the lists against him , so ...
... soon proved that he knew how to be a good knight as well as a good man , for the King appointed a tournament to be held in the meadow at Camelot , and on that day Sir Galahad overcame every knight who entered the lists against him , so ...
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Page 249 - Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies, The tufted crow-toe, and pale jessamine, The white pink, and the pansy freaked with jet, The glowing violet, The musk-rose, and the well-attired woodbine, With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears; Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffodillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.
Page 244 - Unsavoury in the enjoyment of itself ; If you let slip time, like a neglected rose It withers on the stalk with languished head. Beauty is Nature's brag, and must be shown. In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, Where most may wonder at the workmanship ; It is for homely features to keep home, They had their name thence ; coarse complexions, And cheeks of sorry grain, will serve to ply The sampler, and to tease the housewife's wool.
Page 263 - Old Law did save, And such as yet once more I trust to have Full sight of her in heaven without restraint, Came vested all in white, pure as her mind.
Page 243 - Yea, even that which Mischief meant most harm Shall in the happy trial prove most glory. But evil on itself shall back recoil, And mix no more with goodness...
Page 248 - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Page 287 - Henceforth I learn, that to obey is best, And love, with fear, the only God ; to walk As in his presence, ever to observe His providence, and on him sole depend...
Page 342 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame; The sweet enthusiast from her sacred store Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With Nature's mother-wit and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown : He raised a mortal to the skies; She drew an angel down.
Page 220 - Fair daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soon: As yet the early-rising sun Has not attained his noon. Stay, stay, Until the hasting day Has run But to the evensong; And, having prayed together, we Will go with you along. » We have short time to stay as you; We have as short a spring; As quick a growth to meet decay, As you or anything. We die, As your hours do, and dry Away Like to the summer's rain; Or as the pearls of morning's dew, Ne'er to be found again.
Page 466 - Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one.
Page 486 - They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire: Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire.