The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 1William Pickering, 1839 - English poetry |
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... gentle instrument , And on its faëry melodies still hung Detain'd ; " With thy sweet harp and Rosalind Live thou content ; " but lo ! before the wind A pinnace with full sails and streamers gay Sweeps onward , bound to th ' golden ...
... gentle instrument , And on its faëry melodies still hung Detain'd ; " With thy sweet harp and Rosalind Live thou content ; " but lo ! before the wind A pinnace with full sails and streamers gay Sweeps onward , bound to th ' golden ...
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... gentle mind , And beauteous thoughts of genius unconfined , With praise of noble deeds , shall never die ; Yea , rather to the hearts of all shall fly , Who live , to works of highest fame , not blind . IV . To him descending down the ...
... gentle mind , And beauteous thoughts of genius unconfined , With praise of noble deeds , shall never die ; Yea , rather to the hearts of all shall fly , Who live , to works of highest fame , not blind . IV . To him descending down the ...
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... gentle spright The pure well - head of poesie did dwell , " was descended from the ancient family * of Spen- ser , and was born in East Smithfield , near the Tower of London , about the year 1553. † His parents are not known , nor the ...
... gentle spright The pure well - head of poesie did dwell , " was descended from the ancient family * of Spen- ser , and was born in East Smithfield , near the Tower of London , about the year 1553. † His parents are not known , nor the ...
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... gentle Mistresse Rosalinde once re- ported to have all the intelligences at commande- ment , and an other time christened him Segnior Pegaso . " So enamoured was Harvey of his new system of versifying , that he sent Spenser his Emblem ...
... gentle Mistresse Rosalinde once re- ported to have all the intelligences at commande- ment , and an other time christened him Segnior Pegaso . " So enamoured was Harvey of his new system of versifying , that he sent Spenser his Emblem ...
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... Harvey " To my good Mistresse Anne , the very lyfe of my lyfe , " & c . " Gentle Mistresse Anne , I am plaine by nature , I was never so farre in love with any creature , " & c . In July , 1580 , Arthur , Lord Grey of xiv THE LIFE OF.
... Harvey " To my good Mistresse Anne , the very lyfe of my lyfe , " & c . " Gentle Mistresse Anne , I am plaine by nature , I was never so farre in love with any creature , " & c . In July , 1580 , Arthur , Lord Grey of xiv THE LIFE OF.
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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...