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THE

POETICAL WORKS

OF

EDMUND SPENSER.

IN. FIVE VOLUMES

VINNESOTA
RARY

LONDON:

WILLIAM PICKERING, CHANCERY LANE;
NATTALI AND COMBE, TAVISTOCK STREET;
TALBOYS AND WHEELER, OXFORD.

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THE SECOND BOOK OF

THE FAERIE QUEENE

UNTVNSITY OF

THE LEGEND OF SIR GUY OR" OF •TEMBERAUNCE.

SEP 1 1909

LIBRARY

CANTO VIII.

Sir Guyon, layd in swowne, is by
Acrates sonnes despoyld;

Whom Arthure soone hath reskewed,
And Paynim brethren foyld.

I.

AND is there care in heaven? And is there love

In heavenly spirits to these creatures bace,
That may compassion of their evils move?

There is :-else much more wretched were the cace
Of men then beasts: But O! th' exceeding grace

Of Highest God that loves his creatures so,
And all his workes with mercy doth embrace,
That blessed Angels he sends to and fro,

To serve to wicked man, to serve his wicked foe!

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