The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser in Five Volumes, Volume 2W. Pickering, 1825 - 434 pages |
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Edmund Spenser. II . Therefore this Fay I hold but fond and vaine , The which , in seeking for her children three Long life , thereby did more prolong their paine : Yet whilest they lived none did ever see More happie creatures then they ...
Edmund Spenser. II . Therefore this Fay I hold but fond and vaine , The which , in seeking for her children three Long life , thereby did more prolong their paine : Yet whilest they lived none did ever see More happie creatures then they ...
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... maketh him his wing in vaine to spend ; That with the weight of his owne weeldlesse might He falleth nigh to ground , and scarse recovereth flight . XX . Which faire adventure when Cambello spide , Full c . III . ] 7 THE FAERIE QUEENE .
... maketh him his wing in vaine to spend ; That with the weight of his owne weeldlesse might He falleth nigh to ground , and scarse recovereth flight . XX . Which faire adventure when Cambello spide , Full c . III . ] 7 THE FAERIE QUEENE .
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... vaine to weld , Unweeting of the Fates divine decree For lifes succession in those Brethren three . For notwithstanding that one soulè was reft , Yet had the bodie not dismembred bee , It would have lived , and revived eft ; But ...
... vaine to weld , Unweeting of the Fates divine decree For lifes succession in those Brethren three . For notwithstanding that one soulè was reft , Yet had the bodie not dismembred bee , It would have lived , and revived eft ; But ...
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... vaine to spend . Which Triamond perceiving , weened sure He gan to faint toward the battels end , And that he should not long on foote endure ; A signe which did to him the victorie assure . XXXIII . Whereof full blith eftsoones his ...
... vaine to spend . Which Triamond perceiving , weened sure He gan to faint toward the battels end , And that he should not long on foote endure ; A signe which did to him the victorie assure . XXXIII . Whereof full blith eftsoones his ...
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... vaine excuse they all gan smile , As scorning his unmanly cowardize : And Florimell him fowly gan revile , That for her sake refus'd to enterprize The battell , offred in so knightly wize ; And Atè eke provokt him privily With love of ...
... vaine excuse they all gan smile , As scorning his unmanly cowardize : And Florimell him fowly gan revile , That for her sake refus'd to enterprize The battell , offred in so knightly wize ; And Atè eke provokt him privily With love of ...
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