The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5G. Bell, 1891 - Poetry |
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Page 162
... fayre a peece , for one repulse so light . ' Gaynst such strong castles needeth greater might Then those small forts which ye were wont belay : Such haughty mynds , enur'd to hardy fight , Disdayne to yield unto the first assay . Bring ...
... fayre a peece , for one repulse so light . ' Gaynst such strong castles needeth greater might Then those small forts which ye were wont belay : Such haughty mynds , enur'd to hardy fight , Disdayne to yield unto the first assay . Bring ...
Page 163
... fayre eyes , my loves immortall light , The whiles my stonisht hart stood in amaze Through sweet illusion of her lookes delight , I mote perceive how , in her glauncing sight Legions of Loves with little wings did fly ; Darting their ...
... fayre eyes , my loves immortall light , The whiles my stonisht hart stood in amaze Through sweet illusion of her lookes delight , I mote perceive how , in her glauncing sight Legions of Loves with little wings did fly ; Darting their ...
Page 166
... fayre is built within my mind , In which her glorious ymage placed is ; On which my thoughts doo day and night attend , Lyke sacred priests that never thinke amisse : There I to her , as th ' author of my blisse , Will builde an altar ...
... fayre is built within my mind , In which her glorious ymage placed is ; On which my thoughts doo day and night attend , Lyke sacred priests that never thinke amisse : There I to her , as th ' author of my blisse , Will builde an altar ...
Page 167
... fayre eyes unwares doe worke in mee , That death out of theyr shiny beames doe dart , I thinke that I a new Pandora see , Whom all the Gods in councell did agree Into this sinfull world from heaven to send ; That she to wicked men a ...
... fayre eyes unwares doe worke in mee , That death out of theyr shiny beames doe dart , I thinke that I a new Pandora see , Whom all the Gods in councell did agree Into this sinfull world from heaven to send ; That she to wicked men a ...
Page 168
... fayre attyre , And be forgot as it had never beene , That many now much worship and admire : Ne any then shall after it inquire , Ne any mention shall thereof remaine , But what this verse , that never shall expyre , Shall to you ...
... fayre attyre , And be forgot as it had never beene , That many now much worship and admire : Ne any then shall after it inquire , Ne any mention shall thereof remaine , But what this verse , that never shall expyre , Shall to you ...
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