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...Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whifp'ring winds foon lull'd afleep, Tow'red cities pleafe us then, And the bufy hum of men, Where throngs of...barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, With flore of ladies, wbofe bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both...

...to their enmity or alliance ; or in days of feftival, whatever we read of tilts and tournaments, " Where throngs of knights, and barons bold, " In weeds...Rain influence, and judge the prize " Of wit, or arms ;" might have found its prototype. Its external magnificence feemed fitted to defy all ordinary force,...

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...bed they creep, By whisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep. Towered cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, , Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of Peace high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize . Of wit, or arms, while both...

...flings, Ere the firft cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, Tower'd cities pleafe us then, And the bufy hum of men, Where throngs of...bold, In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, With ftore ot ladies, whofe bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend...

...to bed they creep, By whifpering winds foon lull'd aficep. Towred cities pleafe uithcn, And thebufy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, With (lore of ladies whofe bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the "prize Of wit, or arms, while both...

...of mirth and of gallantry, " Of pomp, and feast, and revelry, " With mask and antique pageantry ; " Where throngs of knights and barons bold, " In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, " With store of ladies, whose bright eyes " Raisr influence, and judge the prize " Of wit or arms, which both...