The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 4William Pickering, 1839 - English poetry |
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... Poet sayd , TR The gentle minde by gentle deeds is knowne : For a man by nothing is so well bewrayd As by his manners ; in which plaine is showne Of what degree and what race he is growne : For seldome seene a trotting Stalion get An ...
... Poet sayd , TR The gentle minde by gentle deeds is knowne : For a man by nothing is so well bewrayd As by his manners ; in which plaine is showne Of what degree and what race he is growne : For seldome seene a trotting Stalion get An ...
Page 134
... Poets rime ; But rends , without regard of person or of time . may Ne this homely Verse , of many meanest , Hope to escape his venemous despite , 40 More than my former Writs , all were they cleanest From blamefull blot , and free from ...
... Poets rime ; But rends , without regard of person or of time . may Ne this homely Verse , of many meanest , Hope to escape his venemous despite , 40 More than my former Writs , all were they cleanest From blamefull blot , and free from ...
Page 153
... Poets hight , They say , did sing the spousall hymne full cleere , That all the gods were ravisht with delight Of his celestiall song and Musicks wondrous might . This great Grandmother of all creatures bred , Great Nature , ever young ...
... Poets hight , They say , did sing the spousall hymne full cleere , That all the gods were ravisht with delight Of his celestiall song and Musicks wondrous might . This great Grandmother of all creatures bred , Great Nature , ever young ...
Page 179
... Poets wits are had in peerlesse price : Religion hath lay powre to rest upon her , Advancing vertue and suppressing vice . For end , all good , all grace there freely growes , Had people grace it gratefully to use : For God his gifts ...
... Poets wits are had in peerlesse price : Religion hath lay powre to rest upon her , Advancing vertue and suppressing vice . For end , all good , all grace there freely growes , Had people grace it gratefully to use : For God his gifts ...
Page 199
... Poets Prince , whether he woon beside Faire Xanthus sprincled with Chimæras blood ; Or in the woods of Astery abide ; Or whereas mount Parnasse , the Muses brood , Doth his broad forhead like two hornes divide , And the sweete waves of ...
... Poets Prince , whether he woon beside Faire Xanthus sprincled with Chimæras blood ; Or in the woods of Astery abide ; Or whereas mount Parnasse , the Muses brood , Doth his broad forhead like two hornes divide , And the sweete waves of ...
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