The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 1William Pickering, 1839 - English poetry |
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... fayre Mirrour mayst beholde thy face , And thine own realmes in land of Faery , And in this antique image thy great ancestry . " It was not , however , solely from an unmeaning and a wanton spirit of refinement , that the fashion of ...
... fayre Mirrour mayst beholde thy face , And thine own realmes in land of Faery , And in this antique image thy great ancestry . " It was not , however , solely from an unmeaning and a wanton spirit of refinement , that the fashion of ...
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... FAYRE Thamis streame , that from Ludds stately towne Runst paying tribute to the Ocean seas , Let all thy Nymphes and Syrens of renowne Be silent , whyle this Bryttane Orpheus playes : Nere thy sweet banks there lives that sacred Crowne ...
... FAYRE Thamis streame , that from Ludds stately towne Runst paying tribute to the Ocean seas , Let all thy Nymphes and Syrens of renowne Be silent , whyle this Bryttane Orpheus playes : Nere thy sweet banks there lives that sacred Crowne ...
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Edmund Spenser. And she her selfe , of beautie soveraigne Queene , Fayre Venus , seemde unto his bed to bring Her , whom he , waking , evermore did weene To bee the chastest flowre that aye did spring On earthly braunch , the daughter of ...
Edmund Spenser. And she her selfe , of beautie soveraigne Queene , Fayre Venus , seemde unto his bed to bring Her , whom he , waking , evermore did weene To bee the chastest flowre that aye did spring On earthly braunch , the daughter of ...
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... fayre alone , when none was faire in place . ( " Then cride she out , Fye , fye , deformed wight , Whose borrowed beautie now appeareth plaine To have before bewitched all mens sight : O leave her soone , or let her soone be slaine ...
... fayre alone , when none was faire in place . ( " Then cride she out , Fye , fye , deformed wight , Whose borrowed beautie now appeareth plaine To have before bewitched all mens sight : O leave her soone , or let her soone be slaine ...
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... fayre , Though nor in word nor deede ill meriting , Is from her Knight divorced in despayre , And her dew loves deryv'd to that vile Witches shayre . Yet she , most faithfull Ladie , all this while Forsaken , wofull , solitarie mayd ...
... fayre , Though nor in word nor deede ill meriting , Is from her Knight divorced in despayre , And her dew loves deryv'd to that vile Witches shayre . Yet she , most faithfull Ladie , all this while Forsaken , wofull , solitarie mayd ...
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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...