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HAROLD THE DAUNTLESS.
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And doubtful slumber half supplies the theme;While antique shapes of knight and giant grim,Damsel and dwarf, in long procession gleam,And the Romancer's tale becomes the Reader's dream.
'Tis thus my malady I well may bear,Albeit outstretch'd, like Pope's own Paridel,Upon the rack of a too-easy chair;And find, to cheat the time, a powerful spellIn old romaunts of errantry that tell,Or later legends of the Fairy-folk,Or oriental tale of Afrite fell,
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