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Ban and Arriere Ban: A Rally of Fugitive Rhymes

by Andrew Lang

Level C2 · ProficientPoetry31 chapters
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Length
31 chapters
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About this book

About this book

Immerse yourself in a stirring collection of fugitive rhymes that rally voices from forgotten times—ballads, odes, and poetic portraits that evoke history, romance, and legend through vivid verse and haunting imagery.

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Contents

31 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02p. xiCONTENTS
03ERRATUM
04p. 1A SCOT TO JEANNE D’ARC
05p. 4HOW THEY HELD THE BASS FOR KING JAMES—1691–1693
06p. 11THREE PORTRAITS OF PRINCE CHARLES
07p. 14FROM OMAR KHAYYAM
08p. 16ÆSOP
09p. 18LES ROSES DE SÂDI
10p. 19THE HAUNTED TOWER
11p. 22BOAT-SONG
12p. 24LOST LOVE

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