The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 2William Pickering, 1839 |
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... fowle feendes to ayd us militant ! They for us fight , they watch and dewly ward , And their bright Squadrons round about us plant ; And all for love and nothing for reward : O , why should Hevenly God to men have such regard ! 2 During ...
... fowle feendes to ayd us militant ! They for us fight , they watch and dewly ward , And their bright Squadrons round about us plant ; And all for love and nothing for reward : O , why should Hevenly God to men have such regard ! 2 During ...
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... fowle escapt by flight : At last , him turning to his charge behight , With trembling hand his troubled pulse gan try ; Where finding life not yet dislodged quight , He much rejoyst , and courd it tenderly , As chicken newly hatcht ...
... fowle escapt by flight : At last , him turning to his charge behight , With trembling hand his troubled pulse gan try ; Where finding life not yet dislodged quight , He much rejoyst , and courd it tenderly , As chicken newly hatcht ...
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... fowle cowardize his carcas shame Whose living handes immortalizd his name . Vile is the vengeaunce on the ashes cold ; And envy base to barke at sleeping fame : Was never wight that treason of him told : [ bold . " Yourselfe his ...
... fowle cowardize his carcas shame Whose living handes immortalizd his name . Vile is the vengeaunce on the ashes cold ; And envy base to barke at sleeping fame : Was never wight that treason of him told : [ bold . " Yourselfe his ...
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... fowle a deed , Ne blame your honor with so shamefull vaunt Of vile revenge : To spoile the dead of weed Is sacrilege , and doth all sinnes exceed : But leave these relicks of his living might 16 To decke his herce , and trap his tomb ...
... fowle a deed , Ne blame your honor with so shamefull vaunt Of vile revenge : To spoile the dead of weed Is sacrilege , and doth all sinnes exceed : But leave these relicks of his living might 16 To decke his herce , and trap his tomb ...
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... fowle outrage to deface . " " Palmer , " said he , " no Knight so rude , I weene , As to doen outrage to a sleeping ghost : Ne was there ever noble corage seene , That in advauntage would his puissaunce bost : Honour is least , where ...
... fowle outrage to deface . " " Palmer , " said he , " no Knight so rude , I weene , As to doen outrage to a sleeping ghost : Ne was there ever noble corage seene , That in advauntage would his puissaunce bost : Honour is least , where ...
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