The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 2William Pickering, 1839 |
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... king Nine whilome built Babell towre : But O great pitty , that no lenger time So goodly workmanship should not endure ! Soone it must turne to earth : No earthly thing is sure . The frame thereof seemd partly circulare , And part ...
... king Nine whilome built Babell towre : But O great pitty , that no lenger time So goodly workmanship should not endure ! Soone it must turne to earth : No earthly thing is sure . The frame thereof seemd partly circulare , And part ...
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... king Nine , Of old Assaracus , and Inachus divine . The yeares of Nestor nothing were to his , Ne yet Mathusalem , though longest liv'd ; For he remembred both their infancis : Ne wonder then if that he were depriv'd Of native strength ...
... king Nine , Of old Assaracus , and Inachus divine . The yeares of Nestor nothing were to his , Ne yet Mathusalem , though longest liv'd ; For he remembred both their infancis : Ne wonder then if that he were depriv'd Of native strength ...
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... Their Countreys Auncestry to understond , Crav'd leave of Alma and that aged Sire To read those bookes ; who gladly graunted their desire . CANTO X. A Chronicle of Briton Kings , From Brute C. IX 31 THE FAERIE QUEENE .
... Their Countreys Auncestry to understond , Crav'd leave of Alma and that aged Sire To read those bookes ; who gladly graunted their desire . CANTO X. A Chronicle of Briton Kings , From Brute C. IX 31 THE FAERIE QUEENE .
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Edmund Spenser. CANTO X. A Chronicle of Briton Kings , From Brute to Uthers rayne ; And Rolls of Elfin Emperours , Till time of Gloriane . WH HO now shall give unto me words and sound 1 Equall unto this haughty enterprise ? Or who shall ...
Edmund Spenser. CANTO X. A Chronicle of Briton Kings , From Brute to Uthers rayne ; And Rolls of Elfin Emperours , Till time of Gloriane . WH HO now shall give unto me words and sound 1 Equall unto this haughty enterprise ? Or who shall ...
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... Kings and Conquerours in warre , Thy fathers and great Grandfathers of old , Whose noble deeds above the Northern starre Immortall Fame for ever hath enrold ; As in that Old Mans booke they were in order told . 5 The Land which warlike ...
... Kings and Conquerours in warre , Thy fathers and great Grandfathers of old , Whose noble deeds above the Northern starre Immortall Fame for ever hath enrold ; As in that Old Mans booke they were in order told . 5 The Land which warlike ...
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