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Tannhhauser; or, The Battle of the Bards

A Poem. By Neville Temple [J. H. C. Fane] and Edward Trevor [E. R. B. Lytton]. Third Edition

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So sang the Saxon Bard. And when he ceased,
The women's cheeks were wet with tears; but all
The broad-blown Barons roar'd applause, and flow'd
The jostling tankards prodigal of wine.