The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 1William Pickering, 1839 - English poetry |
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Page vi
... honoured for fine poetical invention and most exquisite wit . This poem passed through five editions while Spenser lived , yet his name , as that of the author , does not ap- pear for some time to have been generally known : singular as ...
... honoured for fine poetical invention and most exquisite wit . This poem passed through five editions while Spenser lived , yet his name , as that of the author , does not ap- pear for some time to have been generally known : singular as ...
Page vii
... honour of some lady- " a private per- sonage unknowne " -fearing on the one hand least he should " cloge the noble ears of his patrons , and gather a contempt of himself ; " and on the other , knowing " that whiles the yron is hote , it ...
... honour of some lady- " a private per- sonage unknowne " -fearing on the one hand least he should " cloge the noble ears of his patrons , and gather a contempt of himself ; " and on the other , knowing " that whiles the yron is hote , it ...
Page viii
... Honour . I meant them rather to Maister Dyer . But I am of late more in love wyth my Englishe versifying , than with ryming , which I should have done long since , if I would then have followed your councill , " sed te solum jam tum ...
... Honour . I meant them rather to Maister Dyer . But I am of late more in love wyth my Englishe versifying , than with ryming , which I should have done long since , if I would then have followed your councill , " sed te solum jam tum ...
Page ix
... honour virtue , " & c . He then no- tices the English poem which Spenser had sent , and though he praises the English Trimetra , † * Mr . Upton says , " This Latin copy of verses was written in great haste , and printed full of faults ...
... honour virtue , " & c . He then no- tices the English poem which Spenser had sent , and though he praises the English Trimetra , † * Mr . Upton says , " This Latin copy of verses was written in great haste , and printed full of faults ...
Page x
... Honour's service . " Harvey wagers " that you will not , that you shall not , I saye , bee gone over sea , for al your saying , neither the next , nor the next weeke . " Mr. Todd doubts whether Spenser was ever employed upon this ...
... Honour's service . " Harvey wagers " that you will not , that you shall not , I saye , bee gone over sea , for al your saying , neither the next , nor the next weeke . " Mr. Todd doubts whether Spenser was ever employed upon this ...
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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...