The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5G. Bell, 1891 |
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... doth great appeare , And eke because my selfe am touched neare : For I likewise have wasted much good time , Still wayting to preferment up to clime , Whilest others alwayes have before me stept , And from my beard the fat away have ...
... doth great appeare , And eke because my selfe am touched neare : For I likewise have wasted much good time , Still wayting to preferment up to clime , Whilest others alwayes have before me stept , And from my beard the fat away have ...
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... Doth turne the name of Souldiers to abusion , And that , which is the noblest mysterie , Brings to reproach and common infamie ! Long they thus travailed , yet never met Adventure which might them a working set ; Yet manie waies they ...
... Doth turne the name of Souldiers to abusion , And that , which is the noblest mysterie , Brings to reproach and common infamie ! Long they thus travailed , yet never met Adventure which might them a working set ; Yet manie waies they ...
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... doth bravest mindes abate , 260 And make them seeke for that they wont to scorne , Of fortune and of hope at once forlorne . " The honest man , that heard him thus complaine , Was griev'd as he had felt part of his paine ; And well ...
... doth bravest mindes abate , 260 And make them seeke for that they wont to scorne , Of fortune and of hope at once forlorne . " The honest man , that heard him thus complaine , Was griev'd as he had felt part of his paine ; And well ...
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... doth you secret favour give . " " Foolish Foxe ! ( said the Mule ) thy wretched need Praiseth the thing that doth thy sorrow breed : For well I weene , thou canst not but envie My wealth , compar'd to thine owne miserie , That art so ...
... doth you secret favour give . " " Foolish Foxe ! ( said the Mule ) thy wretched need Praiseth the thing that doth thy sorrow breed : For well I weene , thou canst not but envie My wealth , compar'd to thine owne miserie , That art so ...
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... 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 that ...
... 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 that ...
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