Sir William

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    He would diligently play
    On the Zoetrope all day,
    And blow the gay Pantechnicon all night.
    Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    From alle wymmen mi love is lent
    And lyht on Alysoun.
    —Unknown. Alison. . .

    Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250–1918. Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. (New ed., rev. and enl., 1939)