Her well-known voice the hero heard ; He raised his death-closed eyes, And fix'd them on the weeping maid, And weakly thus replies : "In vain Matilda begs the life, By death's arrest denied : My race is run — adieu, my love" — Then closed his eyes... Gleanings of Scotch, English, and Irish Scarce Old Ballads, Chiefly Tragical ... - Página 18 por Peter Buchan - 1825 - 216 páginas Vista completa -
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