The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 1William Pickering, 1839 - English poetry |
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... Lord Sheffield . The Shepheards Ca- lender was appropriately dedicated to Maister Philip Sidney , whom Harvey , in a letter to Spenser , had marked out for peculiar praise , as " those two excellent gentlemen , Mr. Sidney and Mr. Dyer ...
... Lord Sheffield . The Shepheards Ca- lender was appropriately dedicated to Maister Philip Sidney , whom Harvey , in a letter to Spenser , had marked out for peculiar praise , as " those two excellent gentlemen , Mr. Sidney and Mr. Dyer ...
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... my good Mistresse Anne , the very lyfe of my lyfe , " & c . " Gentle Mistresse Anne , I am plaine by nature , I was never so farre in love with any creature , " & c . In July , 1580 , Arthur , Lord Grey of xiv THE LIFE OF.
... my good Mistresse Anne , the very lyfe of my lyfe , " & c . " Gentle Mistresse Anne , I am plaine by nature , I was never so farre in love with any creature , " & c . In July , 1580 , Arthur , Lord Grey of xiv THE LIFE OF.
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... Lord Leicester : Lord Grey was recalled in 1582 , and Spenser returned with him . Philips's account * that Spenser had previously been secretary to Sir Henry Sydney is evidently erroneous , and pro- bably arose from the fact of another ...
... Lord Leicester : Lord Grey was recalled in 1582 , and Spenser returned with him . Philips's account * that Spenser had previously been secretary to Sir Henry Sydney is evidently erroneous , and pro- bably arose from the fact of another ...
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... Lord Grey in his Discourse of the State of Ireland , and see his Sonnet to him , prefixed to the Fairy Queen , " Most noble Lord , the pillar of my life , And patron of my muse's pupillage , " & c . " These conditions implied a ...
... Lord Grey in his Discourse of the State of Ireland , and see his Sonnet to him , prefixed to the Fairy Queen , " Most noble Lord , the pillar of my life , And patron of my muse's pupillage , " & c . " These conditions implied a ...
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... Lord Grey , and from some passages in his friend Lodowick Bryskett's Discourse of Civill Life , containing the Ethike part of Moral Philo- sophie , a book published in 1606 , but written , as Malone supposes , between 1584 and 1589 ...
... Lord Grey , and from some passages in his friend Lodowick Bryskett's Discourse of Civill Life , containing the Ethike part of Moral Philo- sophie , a book published in 1606 , but written , as Malone supposes , between 1584 and 1589 ...
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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...