The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 1William Pickering, 1839 - English poetry |
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Page ix
... thinke upon poore Immerito , as he thinketh upon you . " In Harvey's answer to this letter , he desires Spenser to give him leave to play the counsellor awhile , and he conjures him , " by the contents of the verses and rhymes enclosed ...
... thinke upon poore Immerito , as he thinketh upon you . " In Harvey's answer to this letter , he desires Spenser to give him leave to play the counsellor awhile , and he conjures him , " by the contents of the verses and rhymes enclosed ...
Page x
... thinke , the next weeke , if I can be dispatched of my lorde . I go thither as sent by him and maintained most - what of him ; and then am to employ my time , my body , my minde , to his Honour's service . " Harvey wagers " that you ...
... thinke , the next weeke , if I can be dispatched of my lorde . I go thither as sent by him and maintained most - what of him ; and then am to employ my time , my body , my minde , to his Honour's service . " Harvey wagers " that you ...
Page xiii
... Thinke upon Petrarch's " Arbor vittoriosa , trionfale Onor d ' imperadori e di poete . " and perhappes it will advaunce the wynges of yr imagination a degree higher : at the least , if any thing can be added to the loftinesse of his con ...
... Thinke upon Petrarch's " Arbor vittoriosa , trionfale Onor d ' imperadori e di poete . " and perhappes it will advaunce the wynges of yr imagination a degree higher : at the least , if any thing can be added to the loftinesse of his con ...
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... thinke , Right Honourable Lord , By this rude rime to memorize thy Name , Whose learned Muse hath writ her owne record In golden verse , worthy immortal fame : Thou much more fit ( were leasure to the same ) Thy gracious Soverains ...
... thinke , Right Honourable Lord , By this rude rime to memorize thy Name , Whose learned Muse hath writ her owne record In golden verse , worthy immortal fame : Thou much more fit ( were leasure to the same ) Thy gracious Soverains ...
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... thinke of that true glorious type of thine , The Argument of mine afflicted stile : The which to heare vouchsafe , O dearest Dread , a while . CANTO I. The Patron of true Holinesse Foule Errour doth 26 THE FIRST BOOK OF.
... thinke of that true glorious type of thine , The Argument of mine afflicted stile : The which to heare vouchsafe , O dearest Dread , a while . CANTO I. The Patron of true Holinesse Foule Errour doth 26 THE FIRST BOOK OF.
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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...