Miscellaneous Plays, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1804 - 438 pages |
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... happy be , Give the hand , and join with me : They who toil the weary day , They who bend with locks of grey , They who tread the beaten way , Fools who work that we may play , Fold their weary arms to sleep , Come , let 4 RAYNER :
... happy be , Give the hand , and join with me : They who toil the weary day , They who bend with locks of grey , They who tread the beaten way , Fools who work that we may play , Fold their weary arms to sleep , Come , let 4 RAYNER :
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... grey , With clouted fhoon and pilgrim's ftaff in hand To bear me o'er rude glens and dreary waftes To share a tony couch and empty board , All for the proving of my right true love For one in great diftrefs . Ha ! ha ! ha ! ha ! So doth ...
... grey , With clouted fhoon and pilgrim's ftaff in hand To bear me o'er rude glens and dreary waftes To share a tony couch and empty board , All for the proving of my right true love For one in great diftrefs . Ha ! ha ! ha ! ha ! So doth ...
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... grey hairs of mine . ( To Elizabeth . ) Blefs that fair face ! it was not made for nothing . We'll have our boon ; fuch as befits us too . No , hang them if we ftoop to halving it ! ( Taking her eagerly by the hand . ) Come with me ...
... grey hairs of mine . ( To Elizabeth . ) Blefs that fair face ! it was not made for nothing . We'll have our boon ; fuch as befits us too . No , hang them if we ftoop to halving it ! ( Taking her eagerly by the hand . ) Come with me ...
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... Grey light peeps faintly o'er the eastern towers . RAYNER . The time is then advanc'd ; we'll husband it . Come close to me , my friends . ( Taking Hardibrand and Mardonio each by the hand , and pressing them clofe to his breast . ) Of ...
... Grey light peeps faintly o'er the eastern towers . RAYNER . The time is then advanc'd ; we'll husband it . Come close to me , my friends . ( Taking Hardibrand and Mardonio each by the hand , and pressing them clofe to his breast . ) Of ...
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... grey locks at the found of life With animation wild and horrible . I faw a mother with her murder'd infant Still in her arms faft lock'd , fpring from the ground- No , no ! I faw it not ! I faw it not ! It was a hideous fancy of my mind ...
... grey locks at the found of life With animation wild and horrible . I faw a mother with her murder'd infant Still in her arms faft lock'd , fpring from the ground- No , no ! I faw it not ! I faw it not ! It was a hideous fancy of my mind ...
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Page 439 - THE MINSTRELSY OF THE SCOTTISH BORDER; consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, collected in the Southern Counties of Scotland ; with a few of a modern Date, founded on local Tradition. With an Introduction, and Notes by the Editor, WALTER SCOTT, Esq.