The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 1William Pickering, 1839 - English poetry |
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Page v
... death he laments , Mr. Malone believes to have been an illegitimate daughter of Robert , Earl of Leicester , by Douglas Howard , Lady Sheffield , the widow of John , the second Lord Sheffield . The Shepheards Ca- lender was ...
... death he laments , Mr. Malone believes to have been an illegitimate daughter of Robert , Earl of Leicester , by Douglas Howard , Lady Sheffield , the widow of John , the second Lord Sheffield . The Shepheards Ca- lender was ...
Page vi
... death of Algrind , i . e . Archb . Grindal , whom Spenser mentions under that name in the 5th eclogue , as in the 7th he designs Bishop Aylmer , or Elmer , under that of Morrell . lished in 1588. Of these pastorals Mr. Campbell says ...
... death of Algrind , i . e . Archb . Grindal , whom Spenser mentions under that name in the 5th eclogue , as in the 7th he designs Bishop Aylmer , or Elmer , under that of Morrell . lished in 1588. Of these pastorals Mr. Campbell says ...
Page xvi
... death in the pastoral Elegy called Astrophel . He re- paired again to Ireland , being obliged by the royal patent to cultivate the lands assigned him . The persons to whom forfeited lands were granted were termed undertakers . The ...
... death in the pastoral Elegy called Astrophel . He re- paired again to Ireland , being obliged by the royal patent to cultivate the lands assigned him . The persons to whom forfeited lands were granted were termed undertakers . The ...
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... death in 1596-9 , he may be considered as filling the office of poet laureate , though , like most of his predecessors and his two successors , he is not expressly styled laureate in his patent . The laurel - wreath by general assent ...
... death in 1596-9 , he may be considered as filling the office of poet laureate , though , like most of his predecessors and his two successors , he is not expressly styled laureate in his patent . The laurel - wreath by general assent ...
Page xxiv
... deaths to the Earl of Essex , ‡ -that he had abused notoriously Bishop Aylmer , and praised Archbishop Grindal , which was not altogether so well received , neither by the Queen nor her cour- tiers , nor the Lord Treasurer , to whom he ...
... deaths to the Earl of Essex , ‡ -that he had abused notoriously Bishop Aylmer , and praised Archbishop Grindal , which was not altogether so well received , neither by the Queen nor her cour- tiers , nor the Lord Treasurer , to whom he ...
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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...