Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, Volume 5

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Manchester University Press, 1920

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Page 368 - And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Page 250 - Rise like Lions after slumber In unvanquishable number, Shake your chains to earth like dew Which in sleep had fallen on you — Ye are many — they are few.
Page 80 - Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart, Ye died amidst your dying country's cries — No more I weep : they do not sleep ! On yonder cliffs, a grisly band, I see them sit; they linger yet Avengers of their native land: With me in dreadful harmony they join, And weave with bloody hands the tissue of thy line.
Page 78 - What call unknown, what charms presume To break the quiet of the tomb ? Who thus afflicts my troubled sprite, And drags me from the realms of night ? Long on these mould'ring bones have beat The winter's snow, the summer's heat, The drenching dews, and driving rain ! Let me, let me sleep again.
Page 33 - Stand fast, root! bear well, top! Pray God send us a good howling crop: Every twig, apples big; Every bough, apples enow!' 'They then shout in chorus, one of the boys accompanying them on a cow's horn. During this ceremony they rap the trees with their sticks.
Page 46 - The Wren, the Wren, the king of all birds, St. Stephen's day was caught in the furze, Although he is little, his family's .great, I pray you, good landlady, give us a treat.
Page 170 - A PERFECT NARRATIVE OF THE WHOLE PROCEEDINGS of the High Court of Justice in the Tryal of the King in Westminster Hall, on Saturday the 20, and Monday the 22. of this instant January until Jan. 27. With the several Speeches of the King, Lord President, and Solicitor General. Published by Authority to prevent false and impertinent Relations.
Page 76 - See the grisly texture grow, ("Tis of human entrails made,) And the weights, that play below, Each a gasping warrior's head. Shafts for shuttles, dipt in gore, Shoot the trembling cords along Sword, that once a Monarch bore, Keep the tissue close and strong.
Page 168 - ... Legibus" (published by the Camden Society), in the possession of the Corporation of the City of London ; attributed to Arnold Fitz-Thedmar, Alderman of London in the Reign of Henry III. — Chronicles of London, and of the Marvels therein, between the Years 44 Henry III., AD 1260, and 17 Edward III., AD 1343. Translated from the original Anglo-Norman of the " Croniques de London," preserved in the Cottonian Collection (Cleopatra A.
Page 284 - As I lay asleep in Italy There came a voice from over the Sea, And with great power it forth led me To walk in the visions of Poesy.

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