The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 1G. Bell, 1891 - Poetry |
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Page vii
... THE FAERIE QUEENE . Page ix 11 2315 18 26 30 36 45 49 56 63 71 76 83 A Letter of the Author's to Sir W. Raleigh Verses addressed to the Author 91 · 97 Sonnets by Spenser to various Noblemen , & c . . 102 BOOK I. Page 111 · 113 127 139 151 •
... THE FAERIE QUEENE . Page ix 11 2315 18 26 30 36 45 49 56 63 71 76 83 A Letter of the Author's to Sir W. Raleigh Verses addressed to the Author 91 · 97 Sonnets by Spenser to various Noblemen , & c . . 102 BOOK I. Page 111 · 113 127 139 151 •
Page xii
... letters " forming " Elizabeth , " and be- longing to three persons especially dear to him : — " The first my being to me gave by kind , From mother's womb deriv'd by dew descent ; The second is my sovereigne Queene most kind , That ...
... letters " forming " Elizabeth , " and be- longing to three persons especially dear to him : — " The first my being to me gave by kind , From mother's womb deriv'd by dew descent ; The second is my sovereigne Queene most kind , That ...
Page xvi
... letters , " as they are called in the warrant , were entrusted ; and it seems to us more likely that the individual should have been the father of our poet , although we do not hear from any other quarter , that he held any office under ...
... letters , " as they are called in the warrant , were entrusted ; and it seems to us more likely that the individual should have been the father of our poet , although we do not hear from any other quarter , that he held any office under ...
Page xviii
... Letters , lately passed be- tweene two Universitie men , touching the Earthquake in Aprill last , and our English refourmed Versifying . " 2 Spencer mentions both Still and Preston in a Letter to Gabriel Harvey , dated " Leycester House ...
... Letters , lately passed be- tweene two Universitie men , touching the Earthquake in Aprill last , and our English refourmed Versifying . " 2 Spencer mentions both Still and Preston in a Letter to Gabriel Harvey , dated " Leycester House ...
Page xx
... letters to Harvey , dated from Leicester House , 5th October , 1579 , we learn that he was then , in some unexplained capacity , in the service of the Earl , and that , pro- bably on his Lordship's behalf , he had had an inter- view ...
... letters to Harvey , dated from Leicester House , 5th October , 1579 , we learn that he was then , in some unexplained capacity , in the service of the Earl , and that , pro- bably on his Lordship's behalf , he had had an inter- view ...
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Page 113 - And on his brest a bloodie crosse he bore, The deare remembrance of his dying Lord, For whose sweete sake that glorious badge he wore, And dead, as living ever, him ador'd : Upon his shield the like was also scor'd, For soveraine hope which in his helpe he had.
Page 141 - The Lyon would not leave her desolate, But with her went along, as a strong gard Of her chast person, and a faythfull mate Of her sad troubles and misfortunes hard...
Page 114 - Behind her farre away a Dwarfe did lag, That lasie seemd, in being ever last, Or wearied with bearing of her bag Of needments at his backe.
Page 92 - I chose the historye of King Arthure, as most fitte for the excellency of his person, being made famous by many mens former workes, and also furthest from the daunger of envy, and suspition of present time.
Page 123 - And more to lulle him in his slumber soft, A trickling streame from high rock tumbling downe, And ever-drizling raine upon the loft, Mixt with a murmuring winde, much like the sowne Of swarming Bees, did cast him in a swowne. No other noyse, nor peoples troublous cryes, As still are wont t'annoy the walled towne, Might there be heard ; but carelesse Quiet lyes Wrapt in eternall silence farre from enimyes.
Page 115 - At last resolving forward still to fare, Till that some end they finde, or in or out, That path they take, that beaten seemd most bare, And like to lead the labyrinth about; Which when by tract they hunted had throughout, At length it brought them to a hollowe cave Amid the thickest woods. The champion stout Eftsoones dismounted from his courser brave, And to the dwarfe a while his needless spere he gave. XII.
Page 113 - The cruell markes of many a bloody fielde; Yet armes till that time did he never wield. His angry steede did chide his foming bitt, As much disdayning to the curbe to yield : Full jolly knight he seemd, and faire did sitt, As one for knightly giusts and fierce encounters fitt.
Page 114 - So pure and innocent, as that same lambe, She was in life and every vertuous lore; And by descent from royall lynage came Of ancient kinges and queenes, that had of yore Their scepters stretcht from east to westerne shore...
Page 127 - BY this the northerne wagoner had set His sevenfold teme behind the stedfast starre That was in ocean waves yet never wet, But firme is fixt, and sendeth light from farre To all that in the wide deepe wandring arre ; / And chearefull chaunticlere with his note shrill Had warned once, that Phoebus...
Page 121 - The Knight was well content : So with that godly Father to his home they went. xxxiv. A litle lowly hermitage it was, Downe in a dale, hard by a forests side, Far from resort of people, that did pas In traveill to and froe : a...