The Times Book of English VerseEdward Leeson Times Books, 2004 - 703 pages |
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Page 53
... flowers , 5 10 Yet Leda was , they say , as white as he , Yet not so white as these , nor nothing near : So purely white they were That even the gentle stream , the which them bare , Seemed foul to them , and bade his billows spare To ...
... flowers , 5 10 Yet Leda was , they say , as white as he , Yet not so white as these , nor nothing near : So purely white they were That even the gentle stream , the which them bare , Seemed foul to them , and bade his billows spare To ...
Page 254
... FLOWERS : 2 ensigns : flags 25 verdant : with a green hue 35 Flora : goddess of flowers in Roman mythology 120 Shall climacteric be . The Pict no shelter now shall find 105 Within his parti - coloured mind ; But from this valour sad ...
... FLOWERS : 2 ensigns : flags 25 verdant : with a green hue 35 Flora : goddess of flowers in Roman mythology 120 Shall climacteric be . The Pict no shelter now shall find 105 Within his parti - coloured mind ; But from this valour sad ...
Page 329
... FLOWERS OF THE FOREST I've heard them lilting , at the ewe milking , Lasses a ' lilting , before dawn of day ; But now they are moaning , on ilka green loaning ; The flowers of the forest are a ' wede awae . 5 10 At bughts in the ...
... FLOWERS OF THE FOREST I've heard them lilting , at the ewe milking , Lasses a ' lilting , before dawn of day ; But now they are moaning , on ilka green loaning ; The flowers of the forest are a ' wede awae . 5 10 At bughts in the ...
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