The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5William Pickering, 1839 - English poetry |
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... grace restore , Thou mayest well trie if they will ever swerve , And mayest them make it better to deserve , And , having got it , may it more esteeme ; For things hard gotten men more dearely deeme . So hard those heavenly beauties he ...
... grace restore , Thou mayest well trie if they will ever swerve , And mayest them make it better to deserve , And , having got it , may it more esteeme ; For things hard gotten men more dearely deeme . So hard those heavenly beauties he ...
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... grace did to him lend , As thing on earth so heavenly to have seene His harts enshrined Saint , his heavens queene , Fairer then fairest , in his fayning eye , Whose sole aspect he counts felicitye . Then forth he casts in his unquiet ...
... grace did to him lend , As thing on earth so heavenly to have seene His harts enshrined Saint , his heavens queene , Fairer then fairest , in his fayning eye , Whose sole aspect he counts felicitye . Then forth he casts in his unquiet ...
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... grace to gaine . Yet , when he hath found favour to his will , He nathëmore can so contented rest , But forceth further on , and striveth still T'approch more neare , till in her inmost brest He may embosomd bee and loved best ; And yet ...
... grace to gaine . Yet , when he hath found favour to his will , He nathëmore can so contented rest , But forceth further on , and striveth still T'approch more neare , till in her inmost brest He may embosomd bee and loved best ; And yet ...
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... grace and kindly dewty Nothing on earth seems fayre to fleshly sight , Doe thou vouchsafe with thy love - kindling light T'illuminate my dim and dulled eyne , And beautifie this sacred Hymne of thyne : That both to thee , to whom I ...
... grace and kindly dewty Nothing on earth seems fayre to fleshly sight , Doe thou vouchsafe with thy love - kindling light T'illuminate my dim and dulled eyne , And beautifie this sacred Hymne of thyne : That both to thee , to whom I ...
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... grace To all things faire , that kindleth lively fyre , Light of thy lampe ; which , shyning in the face , Thence to the soule darts amorous desyre , And robs the harts of those which it admyre ; Therewith thou pointest thy sons poysned ...
... grace To all things faire , that kindleth lively fyre , Light of thy lampe ; which , shyning in the face , Thence to the soule darts amorous desyre , And robs the harts of those which it admyre ; Therewith thou pointest thy sons poysned ...
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ARTHUR GORGES aspyre Astrophel beasts beautie behold bowre brave brest bright celestiall cruell dart dayes deare death delight devize dight doest dolefull doth dreadfull earth earthly eccho ring embase eternall eyes faire faire Ladie farre fayre flowres foorth Foxe fyre gentle glorie glorious Gods goodly grace griefe grone happie hart hath heart heaven heavenly hight himselfe honour immortall Jove light live Lord LYCON lyke mortall mourne Muses mynd never night noble nought Nymphes paine plaint pleasure powre praid praise prayses pride rest Rome sacred Sapience scorne seeke seem'd selfe shee shepheards shew shyning sight sing Sith skie SONNET sorrow soule spide spirits spoyle spred spright Sunne sweet teares thee thereof theyr things thou thought trew twixt unto vaine Venus vertue weene weepe Whilest whilome wight wings wize wont wretched