id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 5279 La Fontaine, Jean de Tales and Novels of J. de La Fontaine — Volume 05 .txt text/plain 6101 484 91 But 'twas not known: princesses love conceal, At length, the round the noble Hispal gained. 'Till Hispal succour lent, who saw 'twas vain Said she, 'tis useless, Hispal, to bewail: Besides, fair princess, ev'ry way 'tis clear, The god of love our couple thither brought; Allow me, lovely princess, to prevail; A wind quite fair soon brought him to shore; To gain the princess anxiously he sought; NO haggling, princess pray, my word receive; THE chief hung up:--the princess soon appeared; The princess thought the same; but our gallant, And with the charming fair supply his place, The course they took the princess chanced to view charming fair, said he, be not distressed; replied the princess fair, By these were met our spark and lovely fair; By Mamolin, who loved, she soon believed, Tis past our pow'r to live on love or air Tis past our pow'r to live on love or air ./cache/5279.txt ./txt/5279.txt