The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 1William Pickering, 1839 - English poetry |
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... He that the stubborne Sprites can wisely tame , He bids thee to him send for his intent A fit false dreame , that can delude the sleepers sent . " 40 41 42 43 The God obayde ; and , calling forth straight way C. I 37 THE FAERIE QUEENE .
... He that the stubborne Sprites can wisely tame , He bids thee to him send for his intent A fit false dreame , that can delude the sleepers sent . " 40 41 42 43 The God obayde ; and , calling forth straight way C. I 37 THE FAERIE QUEENE .
Page 38
... false shewes abuse his fantasy ; In sort as he him schooled privily . And that new creature , borne without her dew , Full of the makers guyle , with usage sly He taught to imitate that Lady trew , Whose semblance she did carrie under ...
... false shewes abuse his fantasy ; In sort as he him schooled privily . And that new creature , borne without her dew , Full of the makers guyle , with usage sly He taught to imitate that Lady trew , Whose semblance she did carrie under ...
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... false other Spright , on whom he spred A seeming body of the subtile aire , Like a young Squire , in loves and lustyhed His wanton daies that ever loosely led , Without regard of armes and dreaded fight ; Those two he tooke , and in a ...
... false other Spright , on whom he spred A seeming body of the subtile aire , Like a young Squire , in loves and lustyhed His wanton daies that ever loosely led , Without regard of armes and dreaded fight ; Those two he tooke , and in a ...
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... false Lady doth her honor staine . " All in a maze he suddenly up start With sword in hand , and with the old man went ; Who soone him brought into a secret part , Where that false couple were full closely ment In wanton lust and leud ...
... false Lady doth her honor staine . " All in a maze he suddenly up start With sword in hand , and with the old man went ; Who soone him brought into a secret part , Where that false couple were full closely ment In wanton lust and leud ...
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... false betraide me to your powre , Was , ( O what now availeth that I was ! ) Borne the sole daughter of an Emperour ; He that the wide West under his rule has , And high hath set his throne where Tiberis doth pas . " He , in the first ...
... false betraide me to your powre , Was , ( O what now availeth that I was ! ) Borne the sole daughter of an Emperour ; He that the wide West under his rule has , And high hath set his throne where Tiberis doth pas . " He , in the first ...
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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...