The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5G. Bell, 1891 - Poetry |
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... ayre with his noysome breath , And powr'd on th ' earth plague , pestilence , and death , Emongst the rest a wicked maladie Raign'd emongst men , that manie did to die , Depriv'd of sense and ordinarie reason , That it to Leaches seemed ...
... ayre with his noysome breath , And powr'd on th ' earth plague , pestilence , and death , Emongst the rest a wicked maladie Raign'd emongst men , that manie did to die , Depriv'd of sense and ordinarie reason , That it to Leaches seemed ...
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... ayre doth flie , So vainly shalt thou too and fro be tost , And loose thy labour and thy fruitles cost . And yet full few which follow them , I see , For vertues bare regard advaunced bee , But either for some gainfull benefit , 640 Or ...
... ayre doth flie , So vainly shalt thou too and fro be tost , And loose thy labour and thy fruitles cost . And yet full few which follow them , I see , For vertues bare regard advaunced bee , But either for some gainfull benefit , 640 Or ...
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... ayre ; Greece will the olde Ephesian buildings blaze , And Nylus nurslings their Pyramides faire ; The same yet vaunting Greece will tell the storie Of Joves great Image in Olympus placed ; Mausolus worke will be the Carians glorie ...
... ayre ; Greece will the olde Ephesian buildings blaze , And Nylus nurslings their Pyramides faire ; The same yet vaunting Greece will tell the storie Of Joves great Image in Olympus placed ; Mausolus worke will be the Carians glorie ...
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... ayre , Eftsoones in compas arch't , to steepe his hed , Doth plonge himselfe in Tethis bosome faire ; And , mounting up againe from whence he came , With his great bellie spreds the dimned world , Till at the last , dissolving his moist ...
... ayre , Eftsoones in compas arch't , to steepe his hed , Doth plonge himselfe in Tethis bosome faire ; And , mounting up againe from whence he came , With his great bellie spreds the dimned world , Till at the last , dissolving his moist ...
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... There was she lost ; when suddaine I behelde , Where , tumbling through the ayre in firie fold , All flaming downe she on the plaine was felde , And soone her bodie turn'd to ashes colde . I THE VISIONS OF BELLAY . 77.
... There was she lost ; when suddaine I behelde , Where , tumbling through the ayre in firie fold , All flaming downe she on the plaine was felde , And soone her bodie turn'd to ashes colde . I THE VISIONS OF BELLAY . 77.
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Alcyon Arthur Gorges aspyre Astrophel Astrophill beames beasts beautie behold bowre brest bright celestiall Colin cruell Cynthia dart dayes deare death delight devize dight doth dreadfull earth eccho ring EDMUND SPENSER eternall eyes faire fairest farre fayre feare flie flowres Foxe fyre gentle glorie glorious Gods goodly grace griefe grone happie hart hast hath heart heaven heavenly hight himselfe honour immortall Jove light live Lord LYCON lyke mightie mourne Muse mynd never night noble nought Nymphes paine peerlesse price plaine pleasure powre praise prayses pride quoth rest Rome scorne seeke seem'd shepheards shew shyning sight sing Sith skie song SONNET sorrow soule spide spoyle spright Sunne sweet thee thereof theyr things thought trew unto vaine Venus vertue weene weepe Whilest wight wings wize wondrous wont woods worthie wretched