The Pocket Book of Story PoemsLouis Untermeyer Pocket books, Incorporated, 1945 - 386 pages |
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... True Thomas True Thomas lay on Huntlie bank ; A marvel he did see ; For there he saw a lady bright , Come riding down by the Eildon tree.1 Her skirt was of the grass - green silk , Her mantle of the velvet fine ; On every lock of her ...
... True Thomas True Thomas lay on Huntlie bank ; A marvel he did see ; For there he saw a lady bright , Come riding down by the Eildon tree.1 Her skirt was of the grass - green silk , Her mantle of the velvet fine ; On every lock of her ...
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... True Thomas , ye must go with me ; And ye must serve me seven years , Through weal or woe as may chance to be . " She's mounted on her milk - white steed , She's taken True Thomas up behind ; And aye , whene'er her bridle rang , The ...
... True Thomas , ye must go with me ; And ye must serve me seven years , Through weal or woe as may chance to be . " She's mounted on her milk - white steed , She's taken True Thomas up behind ; And aye , whene'er her bridle rang , The ...
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... True Thomas ; It will give thee the tongue that can never lie ! " " My tongue is my own , " True Thomas he said , " A goodly gift ye would give to me ! I neither could to buy or sell At fair or tryst where I may be . " I could neither ...
... True Thomas ; It will give thee the tongue that can never lie ! " " My tongue is my own , " True Thomas he said , " A goodly gift ye would give to me ! I neither could to buy or sell At fair or tryst where I may be . " I could neither ...
Contents
Introduction Louis Untermeyer iii | 1 |
Ballad of East and West Rudyard Kipling 1695 | 9 |
Hervé Riel Robert Browning | 16 |
Copyright | |
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