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 Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser - Page 5by Edmund Spenser - 1855 - 406 pagesFull view - About this book
| English poetry - 1788 - 538 pages
...forgerie, Fashion'd to please the eies of them that pas, Which see notperfeft things, but in aglas: Yet is that glasse so gay, that it can blynd The wisest sight to thinke gold that is bras; But venue's seat is deepe within the mynd, [fynd. And not in outward shows but inward thoughts deV. But... | |
| Edmund Spenser - English poetry - 1807 - 530 pages
...nought hut forgerie, Fashion'd to please the eies of them that pas, V/iiich see Dot perfect things hut in a glas : Yet is that glasse so gay, that it can hlynd The wisest sight, to thinke gold that is hras : Eut vertues seat is deepe within the mynd,' And... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 596 pages
...then it was, 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...wisest sight, to thinke gold that is bras : But vertues scat is deepe within the mynd, And not in outward shows but inward thoughts defynd. But where shall... | |
| Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 606 pages
...then it was, That it indeed is nought but furgerie, Fashion'd to please the eies of them that pas, Which see not perfect things but in a glas : Yet is...glasse so gay that it can blynd The wisest sight, to tiiinke gold that is bras : But vertues seat is dcepe within the mynd, And not in outward shows but... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 600 pages
...so gay that it can blynd The wisest sight, to tbinke gold that is bras : but vertues seat is deepc within the mynd, And not in outward shows but inward thoughts defynd. But where shall I in all antiquity So faire a patterne findo, where may be scene The goodly praise... | |
| British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 298 pages
...then it was, 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...And not in outward shows but inward thoughts defynd. v. But where shall I in all antiquity So faire a patterne finde, where may be seene The goodly praise... | |
| 1843 - 684 pages
...Yet brancheth forth in brave nobilitie, And spreds itselfe through all civilitie. ***** But vertue's seat is deepe within the mynd, And not in outward shows, but inward thoughts defynd." Book vi., Prolfg. Could not a painter transfer all that follows to his canvas? — " Him stedfastly... | |
| Edmund Spenser - English poetry - 1825 - 410 pages
...then it was, 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...bras : But Vertues seat is deepe within the mynd, IV. But where shall I in all antiquity So faire a patterne finde, where may be scene The goodly praise... | |
| Robert Southey - English poetry - 1831 - 1038 pages
...but forgerie, Fashion'd to please the cies of them that pas, Which see not perfect tilings but ¡na glas : Yet is that glasse so gay that it can blynd The wisest sight, to thiiike gold that is bras : But vertucs seat is decpe within the mynd, And not in outward shows but... | |
| Edmund Spenser - 1843 - 388 pages
...then it was, That it indeed is nought but forgerie, Fashioned to please the eies of them that pas, Which see not perfect things but in a glas : Yet is...And not in outward shows but inward thoughts defynd. n. But where shall I in nil antiquity So faire a patterne finde, where may be seene The goodly praise... | |
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