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fables

The Masque of Anarchy - by Percy Bysshe Shelley

{ Poem }

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.

My First Bawbee - by Archibald McKay

{ Poem }

O! nane, I trew, on a’ the yirth
/ Was happier than me,
/ When in my wee…

Olive Tree - by Réne Stefanelli

{ Poem }

Some friendly soul, quite near old age,
/ when time to think is plenty, sits,
/ still spry enough, beneath an olive tree,
/ to take…

from The Cock and the Fox - by Robert Henryson

{ Poem }

Thocht brutall beistis be irrationall –
/ That is to say, wantand discretioun –
/ Yet ilk ane in thair kynd naturall
/ Hes mony divers…

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