When mine eyes had wept for some while, until they were so weary with weeping that I could no longer through them give ease to my sorrow, I bethought me that a few mournful words might stand me instead of tears. And therefore I proposed to make a poem,... song and legend from the middle ages - Page 116by william d. mcclintock - 1893Full view - About this book
| Dante Gabriel Rossetti - 1886 - 580 pages
...friend, for whom I write this book, wished also that the whole of it should be in the vulgar tongue. When mine eyes had wept for some while, until they...sorrow had destroyed my spirit ; and I then began " The eyes that weep." That this poem may seem to remain tJie more widowed at its close, I will divide... | |
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