From “The Earthly Paradise”
ATALANTA VICTORIOUS
AND there two runners did the sign abide
Foot set to foot,—a young man slim and fair,
Crisp-haired, well knit, with firm limbs often tried
In places where no man his strength may spare;
Dainty his...
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A Golden gillyflower to-day However well Sir Giles might sit, |
Slayer of winter, art thou here again? |
Come hither lads and hearken, And the tale shall be told of a country, |