The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 1William Pickering, 1839 - English poetry |
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... shame were to revoke The forward footing for an hidden shade : Vertue gives her selfe light through darknesse for to wade . " 13 " Yea but , " quoth she , " the perill of this place I better wot then you : though nowe too late To wish ...
... shame were to revoke The forward footing for an hidden shade : Vertue gives her selfe light through darknesse for to wade . " 13 " Yea but , " quoth she , " the perill of this place I better wot then you : though nowe too late To wish ...
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... That from their noyance he no where can rest ; But with his clownish hands their tender wings He brusheth oft , and oft doth mar their murmurings . 22 23 Thus ill bestedd , and fearefull more of shame Then 32 C. I THE FIRST BOOK OF.
... That from their noyance he no where can rest ; But with his clownish hands their tender wings He brusheth oft , and oft doth mar their murmurings . 22 23 Thus ill bestedd , and fearefull more of shame Then 32 C. I THE FIRST BOOK OF.
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Edmund Spenser. Thus ill bestedd , and fearefull more of shame Then of the certeine perill he stood in , Halfe furious unto his foe he came , Resolvd in minde all suddenly to win , Or soone to lose , before he once would lin ; And stroke ...
Edmund Spenser. Thus ill bestedd , and fearefull more of shame Then of the certeine perill he stood in , Halfe furious unto his foe he came , Resolvd in minde all suddenly to win , Or soone to lose , before he once would lin ; And stroke ...
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... shame Of highest God , the Lord of life and light . A bold bad man ! that dar'd to call by name Great Gorgon , Prince of darknes and dead night ; At which Cocytus quakes , and Styx is put to flight . And forth he cald out of deepe ...
... shame Of highest God , the Lord of life and light . A bold bad man ! that dar'd to call by name Great Gorgon , Prince of darknes and dead night ; At which Cocytus quakes , and Styx is put to flight . And forth he cald out of deepe ...
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... shameful chaine : Come , see where your false Lady doth her honor staine . " All in a maze he suddenly up start With sword in hand , and with the old man went ; Who soone him brought into a secret part , Where that false couple were ...
... shameful chaine : Come , see where your false Lady doth her honor staine . " All in a maze he suddenly up start With sword in hand , and with the old man went ; Who soone him brought into a secret part , Where that false couple were ...
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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...