Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets, Together with Some Few of Later Date Volume 3
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 Excerpt: ... was sir Paris' only joy: And by my pen I will recite 5 St. George's deeds, and English knight. Against the Sarazens so rude Fought he full long and many a day i Where many gyants he subdu'd, In honour of the christian way: xo And after many adventures past To Egypt land he came at last. Now, as the story plain doth ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 Excerpt: ... was sir Paris' only joy: And by my pen I will recite 5 St. George's deeds, and English knight. Against the Sarazens so rude Fought he full long and many a day i Where many gyants he subdu'd, In honour of the christian way: xo And after many adventures past To Egypt land he came at last. Now, as the story plain doth tell, Within that countrey there did rest A dreadful dragon fierce and fell, 15 Whereby they were full sore opprest; Who by his poisonous breath each day, Did many of the city slay. The grief whereof did grow so great Throughout the limits of the land, 10 That they their wise-men did intreat To shew their cunning out of hand; What way they might this fiend destroy, That did the countrey thus annoy. The wise-men all before the king 15 This answer fram'd incontinent; The dragon none to death might bring By any means they could invent: His skin more hard than brass was found, That sword nor spear could pierce nor wound.-, o When this the people understood, They cryed out most piteouslye, The dragon's breath infects their blood, That every day in heaps they dye: Among them such a plague it bred, 35 The living scarce could bury the dead. No means there were, as they could hear, For to appease the dragon's rage, But to present some virgin clear, Whose blood his fury might asswage; 4- Each day he would a maiden eat, For to allay his hunger great. This thing by art the wise-men found, Which truly must observed be; Wherefore throughout the city round 43 A virgin pure of good degree Was by the king's commission still Taken up to serve the dragon's will. Thus did the dragon every day Untimely crop some virgin flowr, 50 Till all the maids were worn away, And none were left him to devour: Saving the king's fair daughter bright, Her father's only heart's ...
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