The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5G. Bell, 1891 - Poetry |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 18
Page 40
... earthly thing ! Great Babylon her haughtie walls will praise , And sharped steeples high shot up in ayre ; Greece will the olde Ephesian buildings blaze , And Nylus nurslings their Pyramides faire ; The same yet vaunting Greece will ...
... earthly thing ! Great Babylon her haughtie walls will praise , And sharped steeples high shot up in ayre ; Greece will the olde Ephesian buildings blaze , And Nylus nurslings their Pyramides faire ; The same yet vaunting Greece will ...
Page 47
... earthly vapours gathered in the 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 ...
... earthly vapours gathered in the 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 ...
Page 70
... earthly prison , Began to enter into meditation deepe Of things exceeding reach of common reason ; Such as this age , in which all good is geason , And all that humble is , and meane debaced , Hath brought forth in her last declining ...
... earthly prison , Began to enter into meditation deepe Of things exceeding reach of common reason ; Such as this age , in which all good is geason , And all that humble is , and meane debaced , Hath brought forth in her last declining ...
Page 76
... earthly craftsmans wit , But rather wrought by his owne industry , That thunder - dartes for Jove his syre doth fit . Let me no more see faire thing under sky , Sith that mine eyes have seene so faire a sight With sodain fall to dust ...
... earthly craftsmans wit , But rather wrought by his owne industry , That thunder - dartes for Jove his syre doth fit . Let me no more see faire thing under sky , Sith that mine eyes have seene so faire a sight With sodain fall to dust ...
Page 90
... earthly pleasure , But in remembrance of that glorious bright , My lifes sole blisse , my hearts eternall threasure . Wake then , my pipe ! my sleepie Muse , awake ; Till I have told her praises lasting long : Hobbin desires thou maist ...
... earthly pleasure , But in remembrance of that glorious bright , My lifes sole blisse , my hearts eternall threasure . Wake then , my pipe ! my sleepie Muse , awake ; Till I have told her praises lasting long : Hobbin desires thou maist ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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