The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 1William Pickering, 1839 - English poetry |
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... rage and fearfull deene Of Northerne rebels ye did pacify , And their disloiall powre defaced clene , The record of enduring memory . Live , Lord , for ever in this lasting verse , That all posteritie thy honor may reherse . To the most ...
... rage and fearfull deene Of Northerne rebels ye did pacify , And their disloiall powre defaced clene , The record of enduring memory . Live , Lord , for ever in this lasting verse , That all posteritie thy honor may reherse . To the most ...
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... rage , ) And craves protection of her feeblenesse : Which if ye yield , perhaps ye may her rayse In bigger tunes to sound your living prayse . To the Right Noble Lord and most valiaunt Captaine , Sir John Norris , Knight , Lord ...
... rage , ) And craves protection of her feeblenesse : Which if ye yield , perhaps ye may her rayse In bigger tunes to sound your living prayse . To the Right Noble Lord and most valiaunt Captaine , Sir John Norris , Knight , Lord ...
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... rage allayd . And with them eke , O Goddesse heavenly bright , Mirrour of grace and Majestie divine , Great Ladie of the greatest Isle , whose light 3 Like Phabus lampe throughout the world doth shine , Shed thy faire beames into my ...
... rage allayd . And with them eke , O Goddesse heavenly bright , Mirrour of grace and Majestie divine , Great Ladie of the greatest Isle , whose light 3 Like Phabus lampe throughout the world doth shine , Shed thy faire beames into my ...
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... rage her selfe she gathered round , And all attonce her beastly bodie raizd With doubled forces high above the ground : Tho , wrapping up her wrethed sterne arownd , Lept fierce upon his shield , and her huge traine All suddenly about ...
... rage her selfe she gathered round , And all attonce her beastly bodie raizd With doubled forces high above the ground : Tho , wrapping up her wrethed sterne arownd , Lept fierce upon his shield , and her huge traine All suddenly about ...
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... rage to see his skilfull might Deluded so , gan threaten hellish paine And sad Proserpines wrath , them to affright . But , when he saw his threatning was but vaine , He cast about , and searcht his baleful bokes againe . Eftsoones he ...
... rage to see his skilfull might Deluded so , gan threaten hellish paine And sad Proserpines wrath , them to affright . But , when he saw his threatning was but vaine , He cast about , and searcht his baleful bokes againe . Eftsoones he ...
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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...