The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 1William Pickering, 1839 - English poetry |
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Page xix
... beauty , are evident proofs of our author's attachment to the Platonic school . " V. Obs . I. p . 88. " We hear of the Platonic studies of Sir Philip Sidney , and traits of Platonism are sometimes beautifully visible in the poetry of ...
... beauty , are evident proofs of our author's attachment to the Platonic school . " V. Obs . I. p . 88. " We hear of the Platonic studies of Sir Philip Sidney , and traits of Platonism are sometimes beautifully visible in the poetry of ...
Page xxxiv
... Beauty are dated at Greenwich , September 1 , 1596 , and are dedicated to the Countesses of Cumberland and Warwick ; the name of the latter being mistaken either by the poet or printer ; as the Countess of Warwick was certainly Anne ...
... Beauty are dated at Greenwich , September 1 , 1596 , and are dedicated to the Countesses of Cumberland and Warwick ; the name of the latter being mistaken either by the poet or printer ; as the Countess of Warwick was certainly Anne ...
Page lviii
... beauty impressed on the imagination . * For these attractions , the Fairy Queen will ever continue to be resorted to by the poetical student : it is not , however , very popularly read , and seldom perhaps , from beginning to end , even ...
... beauty impressed on the imagination . * For these attractions , the Fairy Queen will ever continue to be resorted to by the poetical student : it is not , however , very popularly read , and seldom perhaps , from beginning to end , even ...
Page lxi
... beauty of insulated passages who can be blind ? The sublime description of " Him who with the night durst ride ; the House of Riches ; the Court of Jealousy ; the Masque of Cupid , and other parts too many to enu- merate , are so ...
... beauty of insulated passages who can be blind ? The sublime description of " Him who with the night durst ride ; the House of Riches ; the Court of Jealousy ; the Masque of Cupid , and other parts too many to enu- merate , are so ...
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... beauty ravished , he awaking resolved to seeke her out ; and so being by Merlin armed , and by Timon throughly instructed , he went to seeke her forth in Faerye Land . In that Faery Queene I meane Glory in my generall intention , but in ...
... beauty ravished , he awaking resolved to seeke her out ; and so being by Merlin armed , and by Timon throughly instructed , he went to seeke her forth in Faerye Land . In that Faery Queene I meane Glory in my generall intention , but in ...
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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...