The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 4Little, Brown,, 1855 - 406 pages |
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... grace ; Which he could wisely use , and well apply , To please the best , and th ' evill to embase2 : For he loathd leasing and base flattery , And loved simple truth and stedfast honesty . 4 And now he was in travell on his way , Uppon ...
... grace ; Which he could wisely use , and well apply , To please the best , and th ' evill to embase2 : For he loathd leasing and base flattery , And loved simple truth and stedfast honesty . 4 And now he was in travell on his way , Uppon ...
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... attaine : For everie thing , to which one is inclin❜d , 1 To know their good , to understand the rules of good - breeding . 2 Kind , nature . Doth best become and greatest grace doth gaine : Yet BOOK VI . CANTO II . 23.
... attaine : For everie thing , to which one is inclin❜d , 1 To know their good , to understand the rules of good - breeding . 2 Kind , nature . Doth best become and greatest grace doth gaine : Yet BOOK VI . CANTO II . 23.
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... grace , Yet but a slender slip , that scarse did see Yet seventeene yeares , but tall and faire of face , That sure he deem'd him borne of noble race : 1 Thewes , manners . All in a woodmans iacket he was clad Of Lincolne 24 THE FAERIE ...
... grace , Yet but a slender slip , that scarse did see Yet seventeene yeares , but tall and faire of face , That sure he deem'd him borne of noble race : 1 Thewes , manners . All in a woodmans iacket he was clad Of Lincolne 24 THE FAERIE ...
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... grace , whom she did oft implore To send her succour , being of all hope forlore . 11 But the wyld man , contrárie to her feare , Came to her creeping like a fawning hound , And by rude tokens made to her appeare 1 Succeed , approach ...
... grace , whom she did oft implore To send her succour , being of all hope forlore . 11 But the wyld man , contrárie to her feare , Came to her creeping like a fawning hound , And by rude tokens made to her appeare 1 Succeed , approach ...
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... grace did stand againe assured , To happie blisse he was full high uprear'd , Nether of envy nor of chaunge afeard , Though many foes did him maligne therefore , And with uniust detraction him did beard ; Yet he himselfe so well and ...
... grace did stand againe assured , To happie blisse he was full high uprear'd , Nether of envy nor of chaunge afeard , Though many foes did him maligne therefore , And with uniust detraction him did beard ; Yet he himselfe so well and ...
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Aeglogue amongst Astrophill beare Beast brest Brigants brought Calepine CANTO carefull chaunst Colin Clout Coridon cruell Cuddie Cynthia daunce daunger dead deare death delight despight devize Diggon dight doest doth dwell earst earth FAERIE QUEENE faire farre fayre feare flocke flowre fortune gentle gods goodly grace griefe grone hart hast hath heavens hight himselfe Hobbinoll Iove knight lady lasse layd layes light litle lord LYCON mayd mote mourne Muse mynd nought nymph paine Pastorell peerlesse price pitty plaine powre Prince pype quoth raunge rest salvage sayd sayne selfe shame shee sheepe shepheards SHEPHEARDS CALENDER shew sight Sike Sir Calidore Sith skie sore sorrow sory spide Squire Stound streight sunne sweet teares Theana thee theyr Thilke things thou unto vaine weene whereof whilest wight wize wont woods wound wretched wyde
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Page 256 - Then gin I thinke on that which Nature sayd, Of that same time when no more change shall be, But stedfast rest of all things, firmely stayd Upon the pillours of eternity...
Page 3 - Are so exceeding spacious and wyde, And sprinckled with such sweet variety Of all that pleasant is to eare or eye, That I, nigh ravisht with rare thoughts...
Page 254 - Then, since within this wide great Universe Nothing doth firme and permanent appeare, But all things tost and turned by transverse, What then should let, but I aloft should reare My Trophee, and from all the triumph beare ? Now...
Page 419 - To her he vowd the service of his daies, On her he spent the riches of his wit; For her he made hymnes of immortall praise, Of onely her he sung, he thought, he writ.
Page 167 - But, soone as he appeared to their vew, They vanisht all away out of his sight, And cleane were gone, which way he never knew ; All save the Shepheard, who, for fell despight Of that displeasure, broke his bag-pipe quight, And made great mone for that unhappy turne : But Calidore, though no lesse sory wight For that mishap, yet seeing him to mourne, Drew neare, that he the truth of all by him mote learne...
Page 153 - Whylest thus he talkt, the knight with greedy eare Hong still upon his melting mouth attent; Whose sensefull words empierst his hart so neare, That he was rapt with double ravishment, Both of his speach, that wrought him great content, And also of the...
Page 5 - That it indeed is nought but forgerie, Fashion'd to please the eies of them that pas, Which see not perfect things but in a glas : Yet is that glasse so gay, that it can blynd The wisest sight to thinke gold that is bras ; But vertues seat is deepe within the mynd, And not in outward shows, but inward thoughts defynd.
Page 236 - For that her face did like a lion shew, That eye of wight could not indure to view: But others tell that it so beautious was, And round about such beames of splendor threw, That it the sunne a thousand times did pass, Ne could be scene, but like an image in a glass.
Page 244 - Autumn all in yellow clad, As though he joyed in his plenteous store, Laden with fruits that made him laugh, full glad That he had...
Page 407 - Not so, (quoth he) Love most aboundeth there. For all the walls and windows there are writ, All full of love, and love, and love my deare, And all their talke and studie is of it. Ne any there doth brave or valiant...