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Ah my God , I would weep , but the devil draws in my tears . Gush forth blood instead of tears . ... Oft have I thought to have done so ; but the devil threatened to tear me in pieces if I named God ; to fetch me body and soul if I once ...
Ah my God , I would weep , but the devil draws in my tears . Gush forth blood instead of tears . ... Oft have I thought to have done so ; but the devil threatened to tear me in pieces if I named God ; to fetch me body and soul if I once ...
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Deep in heart - wrung tears I'll pledge thee ! Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee . Who shall say that fortune grieves him , While the star of hope she leaves him ? Me , nae cheerful twinkle lights me ; Dark despair around benights ...
Deep in heart - wrung tears I'll pledge thee ! Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee . Who shall say that fortune grieves him , While the star of hope she leaves him ? Me , nae cheerful twinkle lights me ; Dark despair around benights ...
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He found us when the age had bound Our souls in its benumbing round ; He spoke , and loos'd our heart in tears . He laid us as we lay at birth On the cool flowery lap of earth ; Smiles broke from us and we had ease .
He found us when the age had bound Our souls in its benumbing round ; He spoke , and loos'd our heart in tears . He laid us as we lay at birth On the cool flowery lap of earth ; Smiles broke from us and we had ease .
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER 13401400 | 1 |
WILLIAM CAXTON 1422 ?1491 | 10 |
STEPHEN HAWES d 1523 | 17 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Selections from English literature, by E. Lee, Book 4 Selections from English literature, by E. Lee, Elizabeth Lee |
| Editor | Elizabeth Lee |
| Published | 1913 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 11 Jan 2008 |
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