The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 1William Pickering, 1839 - English poetry |
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... ground To tread , that in enchanted light appears From fancy's golden wings ! and now in sooth , Led by the Muses ' hand , ' tis his to see Sweet forms of virtuous love , and tender ruth , That never may on earth divided be ; And many a ...
... ground To tread , that in enchanted light appears From fancy's golden wings ! and now in sooth , Led by the Muses ' hand , ' tis his to see Sweet forms of virtuous love , and tender ruth , That never may on earth divided be ; And many a ...
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... grounds , on whose banks , ac- cording to his pastoral imagery , he kept his sheep , and charmed with his oaten pipe ... ground , and their chief object seems to have been the peopling Munster with English families , a favourite project ...
... grounds , on whose banks , ac- cording to his pastoral imagery , he kept his sheep , and charmed with his oaten pipe ... ground , and their chief object seems to have been the peopling Munster with English families , a favourite project ...
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... grounds , Mr. Todd is inclined to fix the date of the poem in 1594 or 1595. The contemporary characters which are introduced under fictitious or real names , are the following : The Shepherd of the Ocean , Sir Walter Raleigh . Astrophel ...
... grounds , Mr. Todd is inclined to fix the date of the poem in 1594 or 1595. The contemporary characters which are introduced under fictitious or real names , are the following : The Shepherd of the Ocean , Sir Walter Raleigh . Astrophel ...
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... grounds of reformation . " Touching the generall scope intended by the author for the reformation of abuses and ill cus- toms , this we may say , that although very many have taken pains on the same subject , during the raigne of Queen ...
... grounds of reformation . " Touching the generall scope intended by the author for the reformation of abuses and ill cus- toms , this we may say , that although very many have taken pains on the same subject , during the raigne of Queen ...
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... ground , Her huge long taile her den all overspred , Yet was in knots and many boughtes upwound , Pointed with mortall sting : Of her there bred A thousand yong ones , which she dayly fed , Sucking upon her poisnous dugs ; each one Of ...
... ground , Her huge long taile her den all overspred , Yet was in knots and many boughtes upwound , Pointed with mortall sting : Of her there bred A thousand yong ones , which she dayly fed , Sucking upon her poisnous dugs ; each one 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...