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 1     I|      thus his behests do tell;~Oh, what sure hope of conquest
 2     I|      of each noteworthy thing,~Oh, let thy virtuous might
 3    II|     ere third hour of the day.~Oh, when the Christian lord
 4    II|   forces with Cassanoe's heir?~Oh then, what marble pillar
 5    II|      are, perchance, assigned,~Oh, that you live so long as
 6   III|      view:~But Tancred cried, "Oh stay thy cursed hand,"~And
 7    IV|      kingdoms desolate.~ ~ XV~"Oh, he not then the courage
 8    IV|     XXI~And yet he thought, -- Oh, vain conceit of man,~Which
 9    IV|      my words may credit find,~Oh temper then this heat misguides
10     V|      thine that live, let see:~Oh how dares one so mean aspire
11     V|     know the things done here,~Oh, how looks Dudon from the
12     V|        are his lord and guide,~Oh pardon him, that fault shall
13     V|        feel love's sweet pain,~Oh, how her pride abated was
14     V|    espials certify their king,~Oh let thy goodness these few
15     V|        his dying age.~ ~ LXXIV~Oh how contentment in their
16    VI|    where he had dreamed long,~"Oh stay," he cried, "to me
17    VI|       how he complaineth, see.~Oh cruel woman, whom no care
18    VI|    when Alcides spun.~ ~ XCIII~Oh, with what labor did her
19   VII|      shall not Raymondo scuse:~Oh that I were in prime of
20  VIII|       leaped up from the land.~Oh miracle, sweet, gentle,
21    IX|        forth his friendly arm,~Oh foolish kindness, and oh
22    IX|       Oh foolish kindness, and oh pity vain,~To add our proper
23    IX|     spake,~"What fear is this? Oh, whither do you fly?~See
24    IX|      which had him hit before.~Oh comfort vain for grief of
25     X|      yet is not ours for this,~Oh save this town from ruin,
26     X|     reproaches hear?"~ ~ XLIX~"Oh, let me speak," quoth he, "
27     X|      throne upstart~And said, "Oh how I joy thy face to view,~
28   XII|  preserve this harmless child,~Oh let it live, and chaste
29   XII|    waxed proud with the sight,~Oh vanity of man's unstable
30   XII|       Why joy'st thou, wretch? Oh, what shall be thy gain?~
31   XII|       speech and moving quite,~Oh woful knowledge, ah unhappy
32   XII|   still rebel with sinful ire,~Oh wretch! Oh whither doth
33   XII|    with sinful ire,~Oh wretch! Oh whither doth thy rage thee
34   XII|      son, despair's foul fire:~Oh see thine evil, thy plaint
35   XII|         And loving will I die, oh happy day~Whene'er it chanceth!
36   XII|      Whene'er it chanceth! but oh far more blessed~If as about
37  XIII|      strange a fort?~ ~ XXVIII~Oh what strange monsters on
38  XIII| stepped,~And through the fire, oh wondrous boldness, leapt!~ ~
39  XIII|  tongue, which well he could,~"Oh hardy knight, who through
40  XIII|       and his court doth hold!~Oh trouble not these souls
41  XIII|   these souls in quiet placed,~Oh be not cruel as thy heart
42   XIV|      and Godfrey answered so:~"Oh, how his presence would
43   XIV|     unasked, kind, unbesought,~Oh let thy mercy grant my just
44   XIV|       to me and all this crew;~Oh call him home, this trespass
45   XIV|    broad her cross outspreads,~Oh, let his fame and praise
46    XV|      midst of earth was great,~Oh what was this, wherein earth
47    XV|       yet unknown, unsought?"~"Oh no," quoth she, "his name
48    XV|       sweet songs interlaced;~"Oh happy men I that have the
49   XVI|        withered, pale and wan:~Oh gather then the rose while
50   XVI|       heaven of beauties true;~Oh let the skies thy worthy
51   XVI|      of her honor took regard,~Oh where be all her vaunts
52   XVI|      reached the shore.~ ~ XL~"Oh thou that leav'st but half
53   XVI|     half with thee dost carry,~Oh take this part, or render
54  XVII|   altars and high temples far,~Oh, what revenge, what vengeance
55 XVIII|    whom Dudon late did guide,~"Oh shame," quoth he, "this
56   XIX|      looks and dreadful sound:~Oh, who can tell how far his
57   XIX|     shook his head, and said,~"Oh, had my power free like
58   XIX|      betwixt his lips out fly,~Oh, let me kiss thee first,
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