The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5William Pickering, 1839 |
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... base affect through cowardly distrust Of his weake wings dare not to heaven fly , But like a moldwarpe in the earth doth ly . His dunghill thoughts , which do themselves enure To dirtie drosse , no higher dare aspyre , Ne can his feeble ...
... base affect through cowardly distrust Of his weake wings dare not to heaven fly , But like a moldwarpe in the earth doth ly . His dunghill thoughts , which do themselves enure To dirtie drosse , no higher dare aspyre , Ne can his feeble ...
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... base affection , which your eares would bland Commend to you by Loves abused name , But is indeede the bondslave of Defame ; Which will the garland of your glorie marre , And quench the light of your brightshyning starre . But gentle ...
... base affection , which your eares would bland Commend to you by Loves abused name , But is indeede the bondslave of Defame ; Which will the garland of your glorie marre , And quench the light of your brightshyning starre . But gentle ...
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... base world unto thy heavens hight , Where I may see those admirable things Which there thou workest by thy soveraine might , Farre above feeble reach of earthly sight , That I thereof an heavenly Hymne may sing Unto the God of Love ...
... base world unto thy heavens hight , Where I may see those admirable things Which there thou workest by thy soveraine might , Farre above feeble reach of earthly sight , That I thereof an heavenly Hymne may sing Unto the God of Love ...
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... base groundworke should begin . Therefore of clay , base , vile , and next to nought , Yet form'd by wondrous skill , and by His might , According to an heavenly patterne wrought , Which he had fashiond in his wise foresight , He man ...
... base groundworke should begin . Therefore of clay , base , vile , and next to nought , Yet form'd by wondrous skill , and by His might , According to an heavenly patterne wrought , Which he had fashiond in his wise foresight , He man ...
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... base aray , The glory of our heavenly riches lay , When him the silly Shepheards came to see , Whom greatest Princes sought on lowest knee . From thence reade on the storie of His life , His humble carriage , His unfaulty wayes , His ...
... base aray , The glory of our heavenly riches lay , When him the silly Shepheards came to see , Whom greatest Princes sought on lowest knee . From thence reade on the storie of His life , His humble carriage , His unfaulty wayes , His ...
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ARTHUR GORGES aspyre Astrophel beasts beautie behold bowre brave brest bright celestiall cruell dart dayes deare death delight devize dight doest dolefull doth dreadfull earth earthly eccho ring embase eternall eyes faire faire Ladie farre fayre flowres foorth Foxe fyre gentle glorie glorious Gods goodly grace griefe grone happie hart hath heart heaven heavenly hight himselfe honour immortall Jove light live Lord LYCON lyke mortall mourne Muses mynd never night noble nought Nymphes paine plaint pleasure powre praid praise prayses pride rest Rome sacred Sapience scorne seeke seem'd selfe shee shepheards shew shyning sight sing Sith skie SONNET sorrow soule spide spirits spoyle spred spright Sunne sweet teares thee thereof theyr things thou thought trew twixt unto vaine Venus vertue weene weepe Whilest whilome wight wings wize wont wretched