The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 1William Pickering, 1839 - English poetry |
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... fall- ing before the Queene of Faeries desired a boone ( as the manner then was ) which during that feast she might ... falling before the Queene of Faeries , complayned that her father and mother , an an- cient King and Queene , had ...
... fall- ing before the Queene of Faeries desired a boone ( as the manner then was ) which during that feast she might ... falling before the Queene of Faeries , complayned that her father and mother , an an- cient King and Queene , had ...
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... falling to the ground , Groning full deadly all with troublous feare Gathred themselves about her body round , Weening their wonted entrance to have found At her wide mouth ; but , being there withstood , They flocked all about her ...
... falling to the ground , Groning full deadly all with troublous feare Gathred themselves about her body round , Weening their wonted entrance to have found At her wide mouth ; but , being there withstood , They flocked all about her ...
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... did kis , Greeting his grave : his grudging ghost did strive With the fraile flesh ; at last it flitted is , Whither the soules doe fly of men , that live amis . 19 The Lady , when she saw her champion fall , C. II 45 THE FAERIE QUEENE .
... did kis , Greeting his grave : his grudging ghost did strive With the fraile flesh ; at last it flitted is , Whither the soules doe fly of men , that live amis . 19 The Lady , when she saw her champion fall , C. II 45 THE FAERIE QUEENE .
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Edmund Spenser. The Lady , when she saw her champion fall , Like the old ruines of a broken towre , Staid not to waile his woefull funerall ; But from him fled away with all her powre : Who after her as hastily gan scowre , Bidding the ...
Edmund Spenser. The Lady , when she saw her champion fall , Like the old ruines of a broken towre , Staid not to waile his woefull funerall ; But from him fled away with all her powre : Who after her as hastily gan scowre , Bidding the ...
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... fall Under my speare ; such is the dye of warre . His Lady , left as a prise martiall , Did yield her comely person to be at my call . " So doubly lov'd of Ladies unlike faire , Th ' one seeming such , the other such indeede , One day ...
... fall Under my speare ; such is the dye of warre . His Lady , left as a prise martiall , Did yield her comely person to be at my call . " So doubly lov'd of Ladies unlike faire , Th ' one seeming such , the other such indeede , One day ...
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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...