The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 1William Pickering, 1839 - English poetry |
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Page v
... downes ; and before , as lithe as lasses of Kent . ' ' In the tenth Ec- logue , Spenser celebrates the Earl of Leicester , as the worthy whom the queen loves best , " as E. K. has illustrated it . The eleventh Eclogue is conjectured to ...
... downes ; and before , as lithe as lasses of Kent . ' ' In the tenth Ec- logue , Spenser celebrates the Earl of Leicester , as the worthy whom the queen loves best , " as E. K. has illustrated it . The eleventh Eclogue is conjectured to ...
Page xx
... downe and overcome ; which work , as I have already well entered into , if God shall please to spare me life , that I may finish it according to my mind , your wish , Mr. Bryskett , will be in sort accomplished , though perhaps not so ...
... downe and overcome ; which work , as I have already well entered into , if God shall please to spare me life , that I may finish it according to my mind , your wish , Mr. Bryskett , will be in sort accomplished , though perhaps not so ...
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... downe his brow unto her sacred hand . Desertes findes dew in that most princely doome , In whose sweete brest are all the Muses bredde : So did that great Augustus erst in Roome With leaves of fame adorne his Poets hedde . Faire be the ...
... downe his brow unto her sacred hand . Desertes findes dew in that most princely doome , In whose sweete brest are all the Muses bredde : So did that great Augustus erst in Roome With leaves of fame adorne his Poets hedde . Faire be the ...
Page 35
... Downe in a dale , hard by a forests side , Far from resort of people , that did pas In traveil to and froe : a litle wyde There was an holy Chappell edifyde , Wherein the Hermite dewly wont to say His holy things each morne and eventyde ...
... Downe in a dale , hard by a forests side , Far from resort of people , that did pas In traveil to and froe : a litle wyde There was an holy Chappell edifyde , Wherein the Hermite dewly wont to say His holy things each morne and eventyde ...
Page 37
... downe , And ever - drizling raine upon the loft , Mixt with a murmuring winde , much like the sowne Of swarming Bees , did cast him in a swowne . No other noyse , nor peoples troublous cryes , As still are wont t'annoy the walled towne ...
... downe , And ever - drizling raine upon the loft , Mixt with a murmuring winde , much like the sowne Of swarming Bees , did cast him in a swowne . No other noyse , nor peoples troublous cryes , As still are wont t'annoy the walled towne ...
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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...