The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 1William Pickering, 1839 - English poetry |
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... Nought is thy worth disparaged thereby . But when my Muse , whose fethers , nothing flitt , Doe yet but flagg and lowly learne to fly , With bolder wing shall dare alofte to sty To the last praises of this Faery Queene ; Then shall it ...
... Nought is thy worth disparaged thereby . But when my Muse , whose fethers , nothing flitt , Doe yet but flagg and lowly learne to fly , With bolder wing shall dare alofte to sty To the last praises of this Faery Queene ; Then shall it ...
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... nought aghast , his mightie hand enhaunst ; The stroke down from her head unto her shoulder glaunst . Much daunted with that dint her sence was dazd ; Yet kindling rage her selfe she gathered round , And all attonce her beastly bodie ...
... nought aghast , his mightie hand enhaunst ; The stroke down from her head unto her shoulder glaunst . Much daunted with that dint her sence was dazd ; Yet kindling rage her selfe she gathered round , And all attonce her beastly bodie ...
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... nought mought him awake . Then rudely he him thrust , and pusht with paine , Whereat he gan to stretch : but he againe Shooke him so hard , that forced him to speake . As one then in a dreame , whose dryer braine Is tost with troubled ...
... nought mought him awake . Then rudely he him thrust , and pusht with paine , Whereat he gan to stretch : but he againe Shooke him so hard , that forced him to speake . As one then in a dreame , whose dryer braine Is tost with troubled ...
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... soft , in that she nought gainsaid . So forth they rode , he feining seemely merth , And shee coy lookes : so dainty , they say , maketh derth . Long time they thus together traveiled ; Til , weary C. II THE FAERIE QUEENE . 47.
... soft , in that she nought gainsaid . So forth they rode , he feining seemely merth , And shee coy lookes : so dainty , they say , maketh derth . Long time they thus together traveiled ; Til , weary C. II THE FAERIE QUEENE . 47.
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... Enchaunter wrought , Had her abandond : She , of nought affrayd , Through woods and wastnes wide him daily sought ; Yet wished tydinges none of him unto her brought . One day , nigh wearie of the yrkesome way , THE FAERIE QUEENE . 333 53.
... Enchaunter wrought , Had her abandond : She , of nought affrayd , Through woods and wastnes wide him daily sought ; Yet wished tydinges none of him unto her brought . One day , nigh wearie of the yrkesome way , THE FAERIE QUEENE . 333 53.
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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...