The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 1William Pickering, 1839 - English poetry |
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... beare To th ' Heliconian ymps , and they to thee ; They unto thee , and thou to them , most deare : Deare as thou art unto thyselfe , so love That loves and honours thee ; as doth behove . C To the Right Honourable the Earle of ...
... beare To th ' Heliconian ymps , and they to thee ; They unto thee , and thou to them , most deare : Deare as thou art unto thyselfe , so love That loves and honours thee ; as doth behove . C To the Right Honourable the Earle of ...
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Edmund Spenser. But he , the Knight , whose semblaunt he did beare , The true Saint George , was wandred far away , Still flying from his thoughts and gealous feare : Will was his guide , and griefe led him astray . At last him chaunst ...
Edmund Spenser. But he , the Knight , whose semblaunt he did beare , The true Saint George , was wandred far away , Still flying from his thoughts and gealous feare : Will was his guide , and griefe led him astray . At last him chaunst ...
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... up he tooke , ( too simple and too trew , ) And oft her kist . At length , all passed feare , He set her on her steede , and forward forth did beare . 45 CANTO III . Forsaken Truth long seekes her Love , 52 C. II THE FIRST BOOK OF.
... up he tooke , ( too simple and too trew , ) And oft her kist . At length , all passed feare , He set her on her steede , and forward forth did beare . 45 CANTO III . Forsaken Truth long seekes her Love , 52 C. II THE FIRST BOOK OF.
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... beare , He burnt in fire ; and gan eftsoones prepare Himselfe to batteill with his couched speare . Loth was that ... beare : Yet , so great was the puissance of his push , That from his sadle quite he did him beare : He tombling rudely ...
... beare , He burnt in fire ; and gan eftsoones prepare Himselfe to batteill with his couched speare . Loth was that ... beare : Yet , so great was the puissance of his push , That from his sadle quite he did him beare : He tombling rudely ...
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... beare a bouzing can , Of which he supt so oft , that on his seat His dronken corse he scarse upholden can : In shape and life more like a monster then a man . Unfit he was for any worldly thing , And eke unhable once to stirre or go ...
... beare a bouzing can , Of which he supt so oft , that on his seat His dronken corse he scarse upholden can : In shape and life more like a monster then a man . Unfit he was for any worldly thing , And eke unhable once to stirre or go ...
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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...