The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 1William Pickering, 1839 - English poetry |
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Page iv
... hath wounded , " & c . * Printed in 1579 , in thin quarto , black letter , v . War- ton's Obs . on Spenser , i . p . 31 . See notes by E. K. on the 1st Eclog . The author of the Life of Spenser , prefixed to Church's ed . of the Faerie ...
... hath wounded , " & c . * Printed in 1579 , in thin quarto , black letter , v . War- ton's Obs . on Spenser , i . p . 31 . See notes by E. K. on the 1st Eclog . The author of the Life of Spenser , prefixed to Church's ed . of the Faerie ...
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... Spenser's introduction to Sir Philip Sidney to be made by dedicating his Shepheards Ca- lender to him and Dr. Birch is of the same opinion . Calender hath much poetrie in his Eclogues worthie the reading EDMUND SPENSER .
... Spenser's introduction to Sir Philip Sidney to be made by dedicating his Shepheards Ca- lender to him and Dr. Birch is of the same opinion . Calender hath much poetrie in his Eclogues worthie the reading EDMUND SPENSER .
Page vi
Edmund Spenser. Calender hath much poetrie in his Eclogues worthie the reading , if I be not deceived . That same framing of his stile to an old rusticke lan- guage , I dare not allow ; since neither Theo- critus in Greek , Virgil in ...
Edmund Spenser. Calender hath much poetrie in his Eclogues worthie the reading , if I be not deceived . That same framing of his stile to an old rusticke lan- guage , I dare not allow ; since neither Theo- critus in Greek , Virgil in ...
Page xiv
... hath been the usual practise of the most exquisite and odde wittes in all nations , and specially in Italie , rather to shine and ad- vaunce themselves that way than any other ; as namely , those three dyscoursing heads , Bibiena ...
... hath been the usual practise of the most exquisite and odde wittes in all nations , and specially in Italie , rather to shine and ad- vaunce themselves that way than any other ; as namely , those three dyscoursing heads , Bibiena ...
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... hath me made With guifts of body , fortune , and of minde : Ye three Elizabeths for ever live , That three such graces did unto me give . " On these Sonnets , see Sir Egerton Brydges ' Preface to Sir Walter Raleigh's Poems , p . 16. Mr ...
... hath me made With guifts of body , fortune , and of minde : Ye three Elizabeths for ever live , That three such graces did unto me give . " On these Sonnets , see Sir Egerton Brydges ' Preface to Sir Walter Raleigh's Poems , p . 16. Mr ...
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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...