The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5William Pickering, 1839 |
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... seemes on earth most heavenly to embrace , That same is Beautie , borne of heavenly race . For sure of all that in this mortall frame Contained is , nought more divine doth seeme , Or that resembleth more th ' immortall flame Of ...
... seemes on earth most heavenly to embrace , That same is Beautie , borne of heavenly race . For sure of all that in this mortall frame Contained is , nought more divine doth seeme , Or that resembleth more th ' immortall flame Of ...
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... seemes in it all blisses to containe , In sight whereof all other blisse seemes vaine : Thrice happie Man ! might he the same possesse , He faines himselfe , and doth his fortune blesse . And though he do not win his wish to end , Yet ...
... seemes in it all blisses to containe , In sight whereof all other blisse seemes vaine : Thrice happie Man ! might he the same possesse , He faines himselfe , and doth his fortune blesse . And though he do not win his wish to end , Yet ...
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... seeme to please ; that is thy soveraine might , O Cyprian Queene ! which flowing from the beame Of thy bright starre , thou into them doest streame . That is the thing which giveth pleasant grace To all things faire , that kindleth ...
... seeme to please ; that is thy soveraine might , O Cyprian Queene ! which flowing from the beame Of thy bright starre , thou into them doest streame . That is the thing which giveth pleasant grace To all things faire , that kindleth ...
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... seeme . For that same goodly hew of white and red , With which the cheekes are sprinckled , shall decay , And those sweete rosy leaves , so fairly spred Upon the lips , shall fade and fall away To that they were , even to corrupted clay ...
... seeme . For that same goodly hew of white and red , With which the cheekes are sprinckled , shall decay , And those sweete rosy leaves , so fairly spred Upon the lips , shall fade and fall away To that they were , even to corrupted clay ...
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... seeme like twinckling starres in frostie night ; But on her lips , like rosy buds in May , So many millions of chaste Pleasures play . All those , O Cytherea ! and thousands more Thy handmaides be , which do on thee attend , To decke ...
... seeme like twinckling starres in frostie night ; But on her lips , like rosy buds in May , So many millions of chaste Pleasures play . All those , O Cytherea ! and thousands more Thy handmaides be , which do on thee attend , To decke ...
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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