The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 1William Pickering, 1839 - English poetry |
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... thou content ; " but lo ! before the wind A pinnace with full sails and streamers gay Sweeps onward , bound to th ' golden shores of Ind ; He rose - and pointing to the western bay , 66 My path is with the sun - away ( he cried ) , away ...
... thou content ; " but lo ! before the wind A pinnace with full sails and streamers gay Sweeps onward , bound to th ' golden shores of Ind ; He rose - and pointing to the western bay , 66 My path is with the sun - away ( he cried ) , away ...
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... Thou gentlest spirit that didst ever dwell , Where the sweet sisters by the Aonian well Have built their silver bowers : -albeit thy lays Were sung to deafen'd ears ; thy cherish'd days Wasted in courtly blandishments to swell ...
... Thou gentlest spirit that didst ever dwell , Where the sweet sisters by the Aonian well Have built their silver bowers : -albeit thy lays Were sung to deafen'd ears ; thy cherish'd days Wasted in courtly blandishments to swell ...
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... thou kenst , the southerne shepherd's boye , Him love hath wounded , " & c . * Printed in 1579 , in thin quarto , black letter , v . War- ton's Obs . on Spenser , i . p . 31 . See notes by E. K. on the 1st Eclog . The author of the Life ...
... thou kenst , the southerne shepherd's boye , Him love hath wounded , " & c . * Printed in 1579 , in thin quarto , black letter , v . War- ton's Obs . on Spenser , i . p . 31 . See notes by E. K. on the 1st Eclog . The author of the Life ...
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... thou wouldst let so special a pillar of nobilitie passe unsaluted , " and thus a late atonement was made to the memory of " the matchlesse image of honor , and magnificent re- warder of virtue , Jove's eagle - born Ganymede thrice noble ...
... thou wouldst let so special a pillar of nobilitie passe unsaluted , " and thus a late atonement was made to the memory of " the matchlesse image of honor , and magnificent re- warder of virtue , Jove's eagle - born Ganymede thrice noble ...
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... thou hadst liv'd so long As to have finished thy Fairy Song , Not only mine , but all tongues would confess Thou hadst exceeded old Mæonides . " Mr. Todd , however , is not satisfied with these authorities , and quotes the evidence of a ...
... thou hadst liv'd so long As to have finished thy Fairy Song , Not only mine , but all tongues would confess Thou hadst exceeded old Mæonides . " Mr. Todd , however , is not satisfied with these authorities , and quotes the evidence of a ...
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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...