The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5William Pickering, 1839 - English poetry |
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... thou hast me bred , Should faint , and words should faile me to relate The wondrous triumphs of thy great god - hed : But , if thou wouldst vouchsafe to overspred Me with the shadow of thy gentle wing , I should enabled be thy actes to ...
... thou hast me bred , Should faint , and words should faile me to relate The wondrous triumphs of thy great god - hed : But , if thou wouldst vouchsafe to overspred Me with the shadow of thy gentle wing , I should enabled be thy actes to ...
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... and heavens light disdaine ; No light but that , whose lampe doth yet remaine Fresh burning in the image of their eye , They deigne to see , and seeing it still dye . 66 99 The whylst thou tyrant Love doest laugh and scorne 143 6 HYMNES .
... and heavens light disdaine ; No light but that , whose lampe doth yet remaine Fresh burning in the image of their eye , They deigne to see , and seeing it still dye . 66 99 The whylst thou tyrant Love doest laugh and scorne 143 6 HYMNES .
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... thou doest triumph in their decay ; And otherwhyles , their dying to delay , Thou doest emmarble the proud hart of her Whose love before their life they doe prefer . So hast thou often done ( ay me , the more ! ) To me thy vassall ...
... thou doest triumph in their decay ; And otherwhyles , their dying to delay , Thou doest emmarble the proud hart of her Whose love before their life they doe prefer . So hast thou often done ( ay me , the more ! ) To me thy vassall ...
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... Thou art his god , thou art his mightie guyde , Thou , being blind , letst him not see his feares , But carriest him to that which he had eyde , Through seas , through flames , through thousand swords and speares ; Ne ought so strong ...
... Thou art his god , thou art his mightie guyde , Thou , being blind , letst him not see his feares , But carriest him to that which he had eyde , Through seas , through flames , through thousand swords and speares ; Ne ought so strong ...
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... 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 , The vaine surmizes , the distrustfull showes , The false reports that flying tales doe ...
... 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 , The vaine surmizes , the distrustfull showes , The false reports that flying tales doe ...
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