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...Preface: When I first saw Mr. Osgood?s beautiful illustrated edition of The Lady of the Lake, I asked him to let me use some of the cuts in a cheaper annotated edition for school and household use; and the present volume is the result. The text of the poem has given me unexpected trouble. When...

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...Excerpt: ACT I. SCENE I. Rome. A street. [Enter a company of mutinous Citizens, with staves, clubs, and other weapons.] First Citizen: Before we proceed any further, hear me speak. All: Speak, speak. First Citizen: You are all resolved rather to die than to famish? All: Resolved. re...

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...THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY VOLUME 2 OXFORD EDITION. INCLUDING MATERIALS NEVER ... ... 2 OXFORD EDITION. INCLUDING MATERIALS NEVER BEFORE PRINTED IN ANY EDITION OF THE POEMS. EDITED WITH TEXTUAL NOTES BY THOMAS HUTCHINSON, M. A. EDITOR ... ... State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Volume One is a publication of the Pennsylvania St... ... long. We soon shall dwell by the azure sea Of serene and golden Italy, Or Greece, the Mother of the free; _45 And I... ... _15 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. Are ye, two vultures sick for battle, T wo scorpions under one wet stone, T wo bloodless wolves whose dry... ...ons, your wives, your brethren, were they; Who said they were slain on the battle day? Awaken, awaken, awaken! The slave and the tyrant are twin-born ... ...n love and peace! Waves sleep together When the blasts that called them to battle, cease. For fangless Power grown tame and mild ... ...ontories, and blue isles, And cloud-like mountains, and dividuous waves Of Greece, basked glorious in the open smiles Of favouring Heaven: from their ... ... _15 Be what it once has ceased to be, Greece might again be free! 3. 3. 3. 3. 3. A star has fallen upon the earth...

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