The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 1William Pickering, 1839 - English poetry |
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... FAERIE QUEENE . A Letter of the Author's Verses addressed to the Author Page 5 11 Verses addressed by the Author to several Noblemen , & c . 16 BOOK I. THE LEGEND OF THE KNIGHT OF THE RED Crosse , or OF HOLINESSE Canto I. ....... Canto ...
... FAERIE QUEENE . A Letter of the Author's Verses addressed to the Author Page 5 11 Verses addressed by the Author to several Noblemen , & c . 16 BOOK I. THE LEGEND OF THE KNIGHT OF THE RED Crosse , or OF HOLINESSE Canto I. ....... Canto ...
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... Faerie Queene , observes , that Spenser's Visions are little things , done probably when Spenser was young , accord ... Faerie Queene . * * See Faerie Queene , book iii . c . 12. st . 5 , 6 ; and book iv . c . 2. st . 10 , 11 , & c . The ...
... Faerie Queene , observes , that Spenser's Visions are little things , done probably when Spenser was young , accord ... Faerie Queene . * * See Faerie Queene , book iii . c . 12. st . 5 , 6 ; and book iv . c . 2. st . 10 , 11 , & c . The ...
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... Faerie Queene observes , " that the name being well entered , will betray the very name of Spenser's Love and Mistress . That as Rose is a common Christian name , so in Kent among the gentry under Henry VI . in Fuller's Worthies , we ...
... Faerie Queene observes , " that the name being well entered , will betray the very name of Spenser's Love and Mistress . That as Rose is a common Christian name , so in Kent among the gentry under Henry VI . in Fuller's Worthies , we ...
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... Faerie Queene . " He adds , " of my Stemmata Dudleiana , and es- pecially of the sundry apostrophes therein , ad- dressed you knowe to whom , moste men advise- ment he had than so lightly to sende them abroade : how beit , trust me ...
... Faerie Queene . " He adds , " of my Stemmata Dudleiana , and es- pecially of the sundry apostrophes therein , ad- dressed you knowe to whom , moste men advise- ment he had than so lightly to sende them abroade : how beit , trust me ...
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... Faerie Queene : " In good faith I had once againe nigh forgotten your Faerie Queene : howbeit , by good chaunce I have nowe sent hir home at the laste , neither in better nor worse case than I founde hir . And must you of necessitie ...
... Faerie Queene : " In good faith I had once againe nigh forgotten your Faerie Queene : howbeit , by good chaunce I have nowe sent hir home at the laste , neither in better nor worse case than I founde hir . And must you of necessitie ...
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Archimago armes Beast behold blood brest brond brought CANTO chaunce corage courser cruell Dame deadly deare death delight despight doen doest doth dread dreadfull Duessa EDMUND SPENSER Eftsoones Elfin Knight eternall Faerie Queene Faery Knight faire faire Lady Fairy false fast fayre feare fitt flowre fowle fownd gentle goodly grace griefe grone hand hart hast hath heaven heavenly hight himselfe honour Lady late light litle living Lord mightie mote never nigh noble nought poem poet powre Pyrochles quoth rage Redcrosse Redcrosse Knight seemd seeme sence shee Shepheards Calender shew shield shyning sight Sir Guyon Sir Philip Sidney Sith sonne soone sore speach Spenser spide spright steed suddein sweet syre thee thereof thou Todd trew unto vaine verse vertues Villein wandring warre wearie weene whenas wight wondrous wonne wont wound wrath wretched wyde ydle yron
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Page 61 - O then too weake and feeble was the forse 370 Of salvage beast, his puissance to withstand: For he was strong, and of so mightie corse, As ever wielded speare in warlike hand, And feates of armes did wisely understand. Eftsoones he perced through his chaufed chest...