The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 1William Pickering, 1839 - English poetry |
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Page xxvii
... doth sharply wite For praising love , " & c . Warton is of opinion that Burleigh was a Pu- ritan , and as such could not shew favour to poetry ; and he observes , in his History of En- glish Poetry : " What the Fairy Queene could not ...
... doth sharply wite For praising love , " & c . Warton is of opinion that Burleigh was a Pu- ritan , and as such could not shew favour to poetry ; and he observes , in his History of En- glish Poetry : " What the Fairy Queene could not ...
Page xxxi
... Doth like himself heroically sound . " V. Life of Shakespeare , p . 234-273 , and Mr. J. Boswell's note , p . 260 . * Mr. Todd has noticed a singular mistake in the life prefixed to Church's edition of Spenser , in saying , that the ...
... Doth like himself heroically sound . " V. Life of Shakespeare , p . 234-273 , and Mr. J. Boswell's note , p . 260 . * Mr. Todd has noticed a singular mistake in the life prefixed to Church's edition of Spenser , in saying , that the ...
Page xliii
... doth Collin lie . " I shall conclude with the authority of Ben Jon- son , as found in his Conversations with Drum- mond . " Ben Jonson told me that Spenser's goods were robbed by the Irish in Desmond's ( Tyrone's ) rebellion , his house ...
... doth Collin lie . " I shall conclude with the authority of Ben Jon- son , as found in his Conversations with Drum- mond . " Ben Jonson told me that Spenser's goods were robbed by the Irish in Desmond's ( Tyrone's ) rebellion , his house ...
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... THE FAITH ETC. HER MOST HVMBLE SERVAVNT EDMVND SPENSER DOTH IN ALL HVMILITIE DE- DICATE PRESENT AND CONSECRATE THESE HIS LABOVRS TO LIVE WITH THE ETERNI- TIE OF HER FAME A LETTER OF THE AUTHOR'S , EXPOUNDING HIS WHOLE INTENTION.
... THE FAITH ETC. HER MOST HVMBLE SERVAVNT EDMVND SPENSER DOTH IN ALL HVMILITIE DE- DICATE PRESENT AND CONSECRATE THESE HIS LABOVRS TO LIVE WITH THE ETERNI- TIE OF HER FAME A LETTER OF THE AUTHOR'S , EXPOUNDING HIS WHOLE INTENTION.
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... doth the Cuckoes song delight when Philumena sings . If thou hast formed right true Vertues face herein , Vertue herselfe can best discerne , to whom they written bin . If thou hast Beauty praysd , let her sole lookes divine Judge if ...
... doth the Cuckoes song delight when Philumena sings . If thou hast formed right true Vertues face herein , Vertue herselfe can best discerne , to whom they written bin . If thou hast Beauty praysd , let her sole lookes divine Judge if ...
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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...