The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 1William Pickering, 1839 - English poetry |
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... againe I imagine your magnificency will holde us in suspense , as long for your nine English comedies , and your Latin * Mr . Todd says , " that he has not been able , among Drant's publications , to discover these ' rules ; ' yet ...
... againe I imagine your magnificency will holde us in suspense , as long for your nine English comedies , and your Latin * Mr . Todd says , " that he has not been able , among Drant's publications , to discover these ' rules ; ' yet ...
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... 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 have my judgment of hir in deede ? To be ...
... 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 have my judgment of hir in deede ? To be ...
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... againe ; For light she hated as the deadly bale , Ay wont in desert darknes to remaine , 16 Where plain none might her see , nor she see any plaine . די Which when the valiant Elfe perceiv'd , he lept As Lyon fierce upon the flying pray ...
... againe ; For light she hated as the deadly bale , Ay wont in desert darknes to remaine , 16 Where plain none might her see , nor she see any plaine . די Which when the valiant Elfe perceiv'd , he lept As Lyon fierce upon the flying pray ...
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... , And proov'd your strength on a strong enimie ; Your first adventure : many such I pray , And henceforth ever wish that like succeed it may ! " D Then mounted he upon his Steede againe , And with C. I 33 THE FAERIE QUEENE .
... , And proov'd your strength on a strong enimie ; Your first adventure : many such I pray , And henceforth ever wish that like succeed it may ! " D Then mounted he upon his Steede againe , And with C. I 33 THE FAERIE QUEENE .
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Edmund Spenser. Then mounted he upon his Steede againe , And with the Lady backward sought to wend : That path he kept , which beaten was most plaine , Ne ever would to any by - way bend ; But still did follow one unto the end , The ...
Edmund Spenser. Then mounted he upon his Steede againe , And with the Lady backward sought to wend : That path he kept , which beaten was most plaine , Ne ever would to any by - way bend ; But still did follow one unto the end , The ...
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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...