The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser: With Memoir and Critical Dissertations, Volume 1W.P. Nimmo, 1868 - English poetry |
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... adventures such as the time might demand . On the next year , at the anniversary of the entertain- ment , they ... adventure . On this hint Spenser spake - feeling how intensely capable of poetical treatment was such an idea . What finer ...
... adventures such as the time might demand . On the next year , at the anniversary of the entertain- ment , they ... adventure . On this hint Spenser spake - feeling how intensely capable of poetical treatment was such an idea . What finer ...
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... adventures told , too , in language which ever and anon towers , trembles , kindles into poetry ! Thus , in the fancy of Spenser , the Faerie Queene held a splendid feast , which continued twelve days , and on each of these days ...
... adventures told , too , in language which ever and anon towers , trembles , kindles into poetry ! Thus , in the fancy of Spenser , the Faerie Queene held a splendid feast , which continued twelve days , and on each of these days ...
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... adventures of the knights - errant ; or he might first relate these latter , and then shew them all converging to the one point of meeting at the court . The question was , whether to describe the annual feast which , on breaking up ...
... adventures of the knights - errant ; or he might first relate these latter , and then shew them all converging to the one point of meeting at the court . The question was , whether to describe the annual feast which , on breaking up ...
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... adventures of Holiness , or the Red - Cross Knight . And this constitutes , not only the first , but the most interesting portion of the whole poem . The moral subject designed to be shadowed forth in the first Canto is the victory of ...
... adventures of Holiness , or the Red - Cross Knight . And this constitutes , not only the first , but the most interesting portion of the whole poem . The moral subject designed to be shadowed forth in the first Canto is the victory of ...
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... adventures , and the description of her power over the Satyrs , and Sylvanus , their god or governor , seems intended to illustrate the influence of moral truth and purity upon rude and brutalised minds . Sir Satyrane , who is so ...
... adventures , and the description of her power over the Satyrs , and Sylvanus , their god or governor , seems intended to illustrate the influence of moral truth and purity upon rude and brutalised minds . Sir Satyrane , who is so ...
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Acrasia adventures Archimago arms arrivéd beast behold Belphoebe blood bold brought Canto chanc'd courage courser cruel Cymochles dame deadly dear death delight diately dismay'd dost doth dread Elfin Knight ensample evermore eyes Faerie Queene Faery Knight fair fair lady fast fear feeble fell fierce fight flames foul gentle goodly grace grief ground guile hand haste hath heart heaven heavenly honour House of Pride Imme knighthood lady late light living lord mighty naught never nigh noble pain Phlegethon pity pow'r prince proud Pyrochles quoth rage Redcross Knight Right Honourable rudely Satyrs seem'd shame shield sight Sir Guyon sire Sith soon sore sorrow spear Spenser sprite stay'd steed stroke strong sweet thee Therewith thou thrall unto vile wand'ring warlike weary ween whenas wight wise woeful wondrous wont wound wrath wretched XXVIII XXXII
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Page 20 - 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 3 - Queene, being a continued allegory, or darke conceit, I have thought good, as well for avoyding of gealous opinions and misconstructions, as also for your better light in reading thereof (being so by you commanded), to discover unto you the general intention and meaning, which in the whole course thereof I have fashioned, without expressing of any particular purposes, or by-accidents therein occasioned.
Page 211 - But let that man with better sence advize, That of the world least part to us is red; And daily how through hardy enterprize Many great Regions are discovered, Which to late age were never mentioned. Who ever heard of th
Page 29 - 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 169 - She was a woman in her freshest age, Of wondrous beauty, and of bounty rare, With goodly grace and comely personage...
Page 22 - Joying to hear the birds' sweet harmony, Which therein shrouded from the tempest dread, Seem'd in their song to scorn the cruel sky. Much can they praise the trees so straight and high, The sailing Pine, the Cedar proud and tall, The vine-prop Elm, the Poplar never dry, The builder Oak, sole king of forests all, The Aspen good for staves, the Cypress funeral...
Page 121 - Upon the top of all his loftie crest, A bunch of haires discolourd diversly, With sprincled pearle, and gold full richly drest, Did shake, and seemd to daunce for jollity; Like to an almond tree ymounted hye On top of greene Selinis all alone, With blossoms brave bedecked daintily; Whose tender locks do tremble every one At every little breath, that under heaven is blowne.
Page 291 - Was overcome of thing that did him please ; So pleased did his wrathfull purpose faire appease. Thus when shee had his eyes and sences fed With...
Page 52 - 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 290 - It was a chosen plott of fertile land, Emongst wide waves sett, like a little nest, As if it had by Natures cunning hand Bene choycely picked out from all the rest, And laid forth for ensample of the best...