The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 1William Pickering, 1839 - English poetry |
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... 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 vale of years , With many friends he cherish'd , faithless found ; And cares ...
... 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 vale of years , With many friends he cherish'd , faithless found ; And cares ...
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... noble ears of his patrons , and gather a contempt of himself ; " and on the other , knowing " that whiles the yron is hote , it is good striking , and minds of nobles varie as their estates . " He speaks of the " two worthy gentlemen ...
... noble ears of his patrons , and gather a contempt of himself ; " and on the other , knowing " that whiles the yron is hote , it is good striking , and minds of nobles varie as their estates . " He speaks of the " two worthy gentlemen ...
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... noble Lord , the pillar of my life , And patron of my muse's pupillage , " & c . " These conditions implied a residence on the ground , and their chief object seems to have been the peopling Munster with English families , a favourite ...
... noble Lord , the pillar of my life , And patron of my muse's pupillage , " & c . " These conditions implied a residence on the ground , and their chief object seems to have been the peopling Munster with English families , a favourite ...
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... noble et de noble courage : " this is in verse , see De Bure , Bib- liog . Inst . No. 2130 . + " The party consists of Dr. Long , Primate of Ardmagh ; Sir Robert Dillon , knt .; Mr. Dormer , the Queen's solicitor ; discourse is ...
... noble et de noble courage : " this is in verse , see De Bure , Bib- liog . Inst . No. 2130 . + " The party consists of Dr. Long , Primate of Ardmagh ; Sir Robert Dillon , knt .; Mr. Dormer , the Queen's solicitor ; discourse is ...
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... noble Defence of Poetry . " * But Mr. Todd , on this observes justly enough , that the Earl of Leicester was a friend both of Spenser and the Puritans : and therefore , Dr. Birch's con- jecture seems nearest the truth , that Burleigh's ...
... noble Defence of Poetry . " * But Mr. Todd , on this observes justly enough , that the Earl of Leicester was a friend both of Spenser and the Puritans : and therefore , Dr. Birch's con- jecture seems nearest the truth , that Burleigh's ...
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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...