The Works of The Ettrick Shepherd Centenary Edition. With a Memoir of the Author, by the Rev. Thomas Thomson ... Poems and Life. With Many Illustrative Engravings [by James Hogg] |
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One hundred virgins, richly dress'd,
Were brought before this goodly priest;
And out of these selected he
His god's own number—three times three;
Those that remain'd by lot were shared
Amongst the soldiers of the guard.
Oh, grievous chance! sure death was bliss,
To such a hideous doom as this!
Well might they say, on such a lot,
Is there a God in heaven or not?
Were brought before this goodly priest;
And out of these selected he
His god's own number—three times three;
Those that remain'd by lot were shared
Amongst the soldiers of the guard.
Oh, grievous chance! sure death was bliss,
To such a hideous doom as this!
Well might they say, on such a lot,
Is there a God in heaven or not?
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