The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser in Five Volumes, Volume 2W. Pickering, 1825 - 434 pages |
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... Doth their long strife agree . I. O ! WHY doe wretched men so much desire To draw their dayes unto the utmost date , And doe not rather wish them soone expire ; Knowing the miserie of their estate , And thousand perills which them still ...
... Doth their long strife agree . I. O ! WHY doe wretched men so much desire To draw their dayes unto the utmost date , And doe not rather wish them soone expire ; Knowing the miserie of their estate , And thousand perills which them still ...
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... doth not forgive the det . " The wicked weapon heard his wrathfull vow ; And , passing forth with furious affret , Pierst through his bever quite into his brow , That with the force it backward forced him to bow . XII . Therewith ...
... doth not forgive the det . " The wicked weapon heard his wrathfull vow ; And , passing forth with furious affret , Pierst through his bever quite into his brow , That with the force it backward forced him to bow . XII . Therewith ...
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... doth lend , Strikes at an heron with all his bodies sway , That from his force seemes nought may it defend ; The warie fowle , that spies him toward bend His dreadfull souse , avoydes it , shunning light , And maketh him his wing in ...
... doth lend , Strikes at an heron with all his bodies sway , That from his force seemes nought may it defend ; The warie fowle , that spies him toward bend His dreadfull souse , avoydes it , shunning light , And maketh him his wing in ...
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... doth wield , Wherewith the hellish fiends he doth confound ; ) And in her other hand a cup she hild , The which was with Nepenthe to the brim upfild . XLIII . Nepenthe is a drinck of soverayne grace , Devized by the gods for to asswage ...
... doth wield , Wherewith the hellish fiends he doth confound ; ) And in her other hand a cup she hild , The which was with Nepenthe to the brim upfild . XLIII . Nepenthe is a drinck of soverayne grace , Devized by the gods for to asswage ...
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... doth hatred make in love to brenne , And heavy heart with comfort doth rejoyce . Who would not to this vertue rather yeeld his voice ! XLVI . At last arriving by the listës side Shee with her rod did softly smite the raile , Which ...
... doth hatred make in love to brenne , And heavy heart with comfort doth rejoyce . Who would not to this vertue rather yeeld his voice ! XLVI . At last arriving by the listës side Shee with her rod did softly smite the raile , Which ...
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