The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5William Pickering, 1839 - English poetry |
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... 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 thought , What he may do , her favour to obtaine ; What brave ...
... 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 thought , What he may do , her favour to obtaine ; What brave ...
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... seene , and thousand shadowes vaine , To breake his sleepe , and waste his ydle braine : Thou that hast never lov'd canst not beleeve Least part of th ' evils which poore Lovers greeve . The gnawing envie , the hart - fretting feare ...
... seene , and thousand shadowes vaine , To breake his sleepe , and waste his ydle braine : Thou that hast never lov'd canst not beleeve Least part of th ' evils which poore Lovers greeve . The gnawing envie , the hart - fretting feare ...
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... seene A pallace fit for such a virgin Queene . So every spirit , as it is most pure , And hath in it the more of heavenly light , So it the fairer bodie doth procure To habit in , and it more fairely dight With chearfull grace and ...
... seene A pallace fit for such a virgin Queene . So every spirit , as it is most pure , And hath in it the more of heavenly light , So it the fairer bodie doth procure To habit in , and it more fairely dight With chearfull grace and ...
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... seene That to their beautie may compared be , Or can the sight that is most sharpe and keene Endure their Captains flaming head to see ? How much lesse those , much higher in degree , And so much fairer , and much more then these , As ...
... seene That to their beautie may compared be , Or can the sight that is most sharpe and keene Endure their Captains flaming head to see ? How much lesse those , much higher in degree , And so much fairer , and much more then these , As ...
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... seene of all His creatures vile and base , That are unable else to see His face , His glorious face ! which glistereth else so bright , That th ' Angels selves can not endure His sight . But we , fraile wights ! whose sight cannot ...
... seene of all His creatures vile and base , That are unable else to see His face , His glorious face ! which glistereth else so bright , That th ' Angels selves can not endure His sight . But we , fraile wights ! whose sight cannot ...
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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