The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5William Pickering, 1839 - English poetry |
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... vaine : Thrice happie Man ! might he the same possesse , He faines himselfe , and doth his fortune blesse . And though he do not win his wish to end , Yet thus farre happie he himselfe doth weene , That heavens such happie grace did to ...
... vaine : Thrice happie Man ! might he the same possesse , He faines himselfe , and doth his fortune blesse . And though he do not win his wish to end , Yet thus farre happie he himselfe doth weene , That heavens such happie grace did to ...
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... 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 , The vaine surmizes , the ...
... 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 , The vaine surmizes , the ...
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... vaine desire To reade my fault , and , wondring at my flame , To warme your selves at my wide sparckling fire , Sith now that heat is quenched , quench my blame , And in her ashes shrowd my dying shame ; For who my passed follies now ...
... vaine desire To reade my fault , and , wondring at my flame , To warme your selves at my wide sparckling fire , Sith now that heat is quenched , quench my blame , And in her ashes shrowd my dying shame ; For who my passed follies now ...
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... vaine , At sight of His most sacred heavenly corse , So torne and n angled with malicious forse ; And let thy soule , whose sins His sorrows wrought , Melt into teares , and grone in grieved thought . With sence whereof , whilest so thy ...
... vaine , At sight of His most sacred heavenly corse , So torne and n angled with malicious forse ; And let thy soule , whose sins His sorrows wrought , Melt into teares , and grone in grieved thought . With sence whereof , whilest so thy ...
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... vaine delight , Transported with celestiall desyre Of those faire formes may lift themselves up hyer , And learne to love , with zealous humble dewty , Th ' Eternall Fountaine of that heavenly Beauty . Beginning then below , with th ...
... vaine delight , Transported with celestiall desyre Of those faire formes may lift themselves up hyer , And learne to love , with zealous humble dewty , Th ' Eternall Fountaine of that heavenly Beauty . Beginning then below , with th ...
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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