The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser: With Memoir and Critical Dissertations, Volume 1J. Nichol, 1859 |
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... praise ; of contractions such as " hart , " " els , " for heart , else , and many others which occur in the work , have had the effect of repelling many modern readers , while it cannot be contended that the merit of the poem depends on ...
... praise ; of contractions such as " hart , " " els , " for heart , else , and many others which occur in the work , have had the effect of repelling many modern readers , while it cannot be contended that the merit of the poem depends on ...
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... praises have left you you this humble present I prepare , For love of virtue and of martial praise ; To which though nobly ye inclined are , ( As goodly well ye show'd in late assays , ) 2 To the heir ; * Northumberland : ' Henry Percy ...
... praises have left you you this humble present I prepare , For love of virtue and of martial praise ; To which though nobly ye inclined are , ( As goodly well ye show'd in late assays , ) 2 To the heir ; * Northumberland : ' Henry Percy ...
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... praise's instrument ; Yet do not sdeign1 to let thy name be writ In this base poem , for thee far unfit ; Nought is ... praises of this Faery Queene ; Then shall it make most famous memory Of thine heroic parts , such as they been : Till ...
... praise's instrument ; Yet do not sdeign1 to let thy name be writ In this base poem , for thee far unfit ; Nought is ... praises of this Faery Queene ; Then shall it make most famous memory Of thine heroic parts , such as they been : Till ...
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... praise's everlasting monument Is in this verse engraven semblably , 1 That it may live to all posterity . E. S. To the Right Honourable the Lord of Hunsdon , t high Chamberlain to her Majesty . RENOWNED Lord , that , for your worthiness ...
... praise's everlasting monument Is in this verse engraven semblably , 1 That it may live to all posterity . E. S. To the Right Honourable the Lord of Hunsdon , t high Chamberlain to her Majesty . RENOWNED Lord , that , for your worthiness ...
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... praises to compile , And her imperial Majesty to frame In lofty numbers and heroic style . " * Buckhurst ' was in his youth a poet , but , betaking himself to politics , became Lord Treasurer and Privy Councillor to the Queen . 1 Since ...
... praises to compile , And her imperial Majesty to frame In lofty numbers and heroic style . " * Buckhurst ' was in his youth a poet , but , betaking himself to politics , became Lord Treasurer and Privy Councillor to the Queen . 1 Since ...
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Acrasia adventures Archimago arms beast behold Belphoebe blood bold brought Canto courage courser cruel Cymochles dame deadly dear death delight diately dismay'd dost doth dread EDMUND SPENSER 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 Ne¹ never nigh noble nought pain Phlegethon pity praise prince proud Pyrochles quake quoth rage Redcross Knight Right Honourable rudely seem'd shame shield sight Sir Guyon sire Sith soon sore sorrow spear Spenser sprite stay'd steed stroke strong sweet thee Therewith thou unto vile wand'ring warlike weary ween whenas wight wise woeful wondrous wont wound wrath wretched XXVIII XXXII
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Page 4 - I have followed all the antique Poets historicall ; first Homere, who in the Persons of Agamemnon and Ulysses hath ensampled a good governour and a vertuous man, the one in his Ilias, the other in his Odysseis : then Virgil, whose like intention was to doe in the person of...
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 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 101 - And all the way their merry pipes they sound, That all the woods with double eccho ring, And with their horned feet do weare the ground, Leaping like wanton kids in pleasant spring. So towards old Sylvanus they her bring...
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 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 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...
Page 32 - Morpheus house doth hastily repaire. Amid the bowels of the earth full steepe, And low, where dawning day doth never peepe...
Page 209 - They all perfumde with frankincense divine, And precious odours fetcht from far away, That all the house did sweat with great aray: And all the while sweete...
Page 2 - Elizabeth by the Grace of God Queen of England France and Ireland Defender of the Faith &c.