The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 1William Pickering, 1839 - English poetry |
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... shield the like was also scor❜d , For soveraine hope , which in his helpe he had . Right , faithfull , true he was in deede and word ; But of his cheere did seeme too solemne sad ; Yet nothing did he dread , but ever was ydrad . Upon a ...
... shield the like was also scor❜d , For soveraine hope , which in his helpe he had . Right , faithfull , true he was in deede and word ; But of his cheere did seeme too solemne sad ; Yet nothing did he dread , but ever was ydrad . Upon a ...
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... shield , and her huge traine All suddenly about his body wound , That hand or foot to stirr he strove in vaine . 18 God helpe the man so wrapt in Errours endlesse traine ! His Lady , sad to see his sore constraint , 19 ye bee ; Cride ...
... shield , and her huge traine All suddenly about his body wound , That hand or foot to stirr he strove in vaine . 18 God helpe the man so wrapt in Errours endlesse traine ! His Lady , sad to see his sore constraint , 19 ye bee ; Cride ...
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... shield ; upon his coward brest A bloody crosse , and on his craven crest A bounch of heares discolourd diversly . Full iolly knight he seemde , and wel addrest ; And , when he sate uppon his courser free , 11 Saint George himselfe ye ...
... shield ; upon his coward brest A bloody crosse , and on his craven crest A bounch of heares discolourd diversly . Full iolly knight he seemde , and wel addrest ; And , when he sate uppon his courser free , 11 Saint George himselfe ye ...
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... shield was writ with letters gay Sans foy ; full large of limbe and every ioint He was , and cared not for God or man a point . Hee had a faire companion of his way , A goodly Lady clad in scarlot red , Purfled with gold and pearle of ...
... shield was writ with letters gay Sans foy ; full large of limbe and every ioint He was , and cared not for God or man a point . Hee had a faire companion of his way , A goodly Lady clad in scarlot red , Purfled with gold and pearle of ...
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... shields ; And streams of purple bloud new die the verdant fields . " Curse on that Crosse , " quoth then the Sarazin , " That ... shield from blame him fairly blest . Who , thereat wondrous wroth , the sleeping spark Of native vertue gan ...
... shields ; And streams of purple bloud new die the verdant fields . " Curse on that Crosse , " quoth then the Sarazin , " That ... shield from blame him fairly blest . Who , thereat wondrous wroth , the sleeping spark Of native vertue gan ...
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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...