The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 1William Pickering, 1839 - English poetry |
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... fell Like cruel winter , withering half thy bays . Oh ! thou bright soul of peerless courtesy ! Yet the rich dowry of thy gentle mind , And beauteous thoughts of genius unconfined , With praise of noble deeds , shall never die ; Yea ...
... fell Like cruel winter , withering half thy bays . Oh ! thou bright soul of peerless courtesy ! Yet the rich dowry of thy gentle mind , And beauteous thoughts of genius unconfined , With praise of noble deeds , shall never die ; Yea ...
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... fell mortally wounded at the battle of the Boyne , at the head of a troop raised by himself at Youghal . This fact is recorded on a tablet in St. Mary's Collegiate Church , Youghal . Moreover , a copy of John Spenser's Will is in the ...
... fell mortally wounded at the battle of the Boyne , at the head of a troop raised by himself at Youghal . This fact is recorded on a tablet in St. Mary's Collegiate Church , Youghal . Moreover , a copy of John Spenser's Will is in the ...
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... fell not all to ground ; For all , so deare , as life is to my hart , 54 I deeme your love , and hold me to you bound : Ne let vaine fears procure your needlesse smart , Where cause is none ; but to your rest depart . " Not all content ...
... fell not all to ground ; For all , so deare , as life is to my hart , 54 I deeme your love , and hold me to you bound : Ne let vaine fears procure your needlesse smart , Where cause is none ; but to your rest depart . " Not all content ...
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... fell ; That of himselfe he ofte for feare would quake , And oft would flie away . O who can tell 10 The hidden powre of herbes , and might of Magick spell ! But now seemde best the person to put on Of that good Knight , his late ...
... fell ; That of himselfe he ofte for feare would quake , And oft would flie away . O who can tell 10 The hidden powre of herbes , and might of Magick spell ! But now seemde best the person to put on Of that good Knight , his late ...
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... fell and furious , That , daunted with their forces hideous , Their steeds doe stagger , and amazed stand ; And eke themselves , too rudely rigorous , Astonied with the stroke of their owne hand , Doe backe rebutte , and each to other ...
... fell and furious , That , daunted with their forces hideous , Their steeds doe stagger , and amazed stand ; And eke themselves , too rudely rigorous , Astonied with the stroke of their owne hand , Doe backe rebutte , and each to other ...
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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...