Versos English George Borrow For Ryce if hundred thousands plough'd

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For Ryce if hundred thousands plough'd

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For Ryce if hundred thousands plough'd, The lands around his fair abode; Did vines of thousand vineyards bleed, Still corn and wine great Ryce would need; If all the earth had bread's sweet savour, And water all had cyder's flavour, Three roaring feasts in Ryce's hall Would swallow earth and ocean all.