The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 1William Pickering, 1839 - English poetry |
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... appeare to you . Such as they be , vouchsafe them to receave , And wipe their faults out of your censure grave . To the Right Honourable the Earle of Oxenford , Lord high Chamberlayne of England , & c . RECEIVE , Most Noble Lord , in ...
... appeare to you . Such as they be , vouchsafe them to receave , And wipe their faults out of your censure grave . To the Right Honourable the Earle of Oxenford , Lord high Chamberlayne of England , & c . RECEIVE , Most Noble Lord , in ...
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... appeare ; Unseemely man to please faire Ladies eye : Yet he of Ladies oft was loved deare , When fairer faces were bid standen by : O who does know the bent of womens fantasy ! In a greene gowne he clothed was full faire , Which ...
... appeare ; Unseemely man to please faire Ladies eye : Yet he of Ladies oft was loved deare , When fairer faces were bid standen by : O who does know the bent of womens fantasy ! In a greene gowne he clothed was full faire , Which ...
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... appeare , But vanisht is . The Elfe him calls alowd , 12 13 But answer none receives ; the darknes him does shrowd . In haste Duessa from her place arose , And to him running sayd ; " O prowest Knight , That ever Ladie to her love did ...
... appeare , But vanisht is . The Elfe him calls alowd , 12 13 But answer none receives ; the darknes him does shrowd . In haste Duessa from her place arose , And to him running sayd ; " O prowest Knight , That ever Ladie to her love did ...
Page 83
... appeare ; ) And would have backe retyred to her cave , Untill the Witches speach she gan to heare , Saying ; “ Yet , O thou dreaded Dame , I crave Abyde , till I have told the message which I have . " She stayd ; and foorth Duessa gan ...
... appeare ; ) And would have backe retyred to her cave , Untill the Witches speach she gan to heare , Saying ; “ Yet , O thou dreaded Dame , I crave Abyde , till I have told the message which I have . " She stayd ; and foorth Duessa gan ...
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... appeare . But , whether dreames delude , or true it were , Was never hart so ravisht with delight , Ne living man like wordes did ever heare , As she to me delivered all that night ; And at her parting said , She Queene of Faries hight ...
... appeare . But , whether dreames delude , or true it were , Was never hart so ravisht with delight , Ne living man like wordes did ever heare , As she to me delivered all that night ; And at her parting said , She Queene of Faries hight ...
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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...