Edmund Spenser's Knight of the red cross; or Holiness [The faerie queene, book 1]. The antique spelling is modernized, obsolete words are displaced [&c., by W. Horton].John Mason, 1850 - 132 pages |
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... unto the darksome hole he went , And looked in ; his glistering armour made A little glooming light , much like a shade ; By which he saw the ugly monster plain , Half like a serpent horribly display'd , But th ' other half did woman's ...
... unto the darksome hole he went , And looked in ; his glistering armour made A little glooming light , much like a shade ; By which he saw the ugly monster plain , Half like a serpent horribly display'd , But th ' other half did woman's ...
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... unto her shoulder glanced . Much daunted with that dint , her sense was dazed ; [ confused ] Yet kindling rage , herself she gathered round , And all at once her beastly body raised With doubled forces high above the ground ; Then ...
... unto her shoulder glanced . Much daunted with that dint , her sense was dazed ; [ confused ] Yet kindling rage , herself she gathered round , And all at once her beastly body raised With doubled forces high above the ground ; Then ...
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... unto his foe he came , Resolved in mind all suddenly to win , Or soon to lose , before he would give in ; And struck at her with more than manly force , That from her body , full of filthy sin , He reft her hateful head without remorse ...
... unto his foe he came , Resolved in mind all suddenly to win , Or soon to lose , before he would give in ; And struck at her with more than manly force , That from her body , full of filthy sin , He reft her hateful head without remorse ...
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... unto the end , The which at last out of the wood them brought . So forward on his way , with God to friend , He passed forth , and new adventure sought : Long way he travelled , before he heard of aught . At length they chanced to meet ...
... unto the end , The which at last out of the wood them brought . So forward on his way , with God to friend , He passed forth , and new adventure sought : Long way he travelled , before he heard of aught . At length they chanced to meet ...
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... Unto their lodgings then his guests he rids : Where when all drowned in deadly sleep he finds , He to his study goes ; and there amidst His magic books , and arts of sundry kinds , He seeks out mighty charms to trouble sleepy minds ...
... Unto their lodgings then his guests he rids : Where when all drowned in deadly sleep he finds , He to his study goes ; and there amidst His magic books , and arts of sundry kinds , He seeks out mighty charms to trouble sleepy minds ...
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amazed ARCHIMAGO arms bade beast behold blood brought CANTO cheerful corse courage courser cruel cursed dame darksome dead deadly dear death disdain dismayed doth dread earthly erst eternal evermore eyes fair fair lady Fairy faith fall false DUESSA fast fear feeble fell FIDESSA fierce fight filthy flowing tears foul gentle GLORIANA goodly grace greedy grief ground guile hand haste hath heart heaven heavenly hither holy house of PRIDE lady late light living wight lord lowly mighty misshaped Morpheus never nigh nought Pagan pain pass Phoebus pierced pride prince proud quake queen quoth rage REDCROSS knight SAINT GEORGE SANSFOY Saracen satyrs secret seemed shame shew shield sight sire soon sore sorrow sprite stay steed sweet tell thee Therewith thou thrall trembling unto virgin wandering weary ween Wherein wide wise woeful wondrous wont wound wrath wretched
Popular passages
Page 27 - As the great eye of heaven, shined bright, And made a sunshine in the shady place: Did never mortal eye behold such heavenly grace. It fortuned...
Page 7 - The laurel, meed of mighty conquerors And poets sage, the fir that weepeth still. The willow, worn of forlorn paramours, The yew obedient to the bender's will, The birch for shafts, the sallow for the mill...
Page 104 - She was a woman in her freshest age, Of wondrous beauty, and of bounty rare, With goodly grace and comely personage...
Page 7 - That lasie seemd in being ever last, Or wearied with bearing of her bag Of needments at his backe.
Page 10 - 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.
Page 6 - A lovely Ladie rode him faire beside, Upon a lowly Asse more white then snow. Yet she much whiter ; but the same did hide Under a vele...
Page 95 - Is not short paine well borne, that brings long ease, And layes the soule to sleepe in quiet grave? Sleepe after toyle, port after stormie seas, Ease after warre, death after life does greatly please.
Page 11 - At length they chaunst to meet upon the way An aged Sire, in long blacke weedes yclad, His feete all bare, his beard all hoarie gray, And by his belt his booke he hanging had; Sober he seemde, and very sagely sad, And to the ground his eyes were lowly bent, Simple in shew, and voide of malice bad, And all the way he prayed, as he went, And often knockt his brest, as one that did repent.
Page 14 - And more to lull him in his slumber soft, A trickling stream, from high rock tumbling down, And ever drizzling rain upon the loft, Mixed with a murmuring wind, much like the sound Of swarming bees, did cast him in a swound: No other noise, nor people's troublous cries, As still are wont t' annoy the walled town, Might there be heard; but careless Quiet lies, Wrapt in eternal silence, far from enemies.
Page 13 - The drooping night thus creepeth on them fast ; And the sad humour, loading their eye-lids, As messenger of Morpheus, on them cast Sweet slumbering dew ; the which to sleep them bids.