The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5G. Bell, 1891 |
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... fortune was , mongst manie others moe , To be partaker of their common woe ; And my weake bodie , set on fire with griefe , Was rob'd of rest and naturall reliefe . In this ill plight there came to visite mee Some friends , who , sorie ...
... fortune was , mongst manie others moe , To be partaker of their common woe ; And my weake bodie , set on fire with griefe , Was rob'd of rest and naturall reliefe . In this ill plight there came to visite mee Some friends , who , sorie ...
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... fortunes farre abroad , lyeke with his lyeke , For both were craftie and unhappie witted ; Two fellowes might no where be better fitted . The Foxe , that first this cause of griefe did finde , Gan first thus plaine his case with words ...
... fortunes farre abroad , lyeke with his lyeke , For both were craftie and unhappie witted ; Two fellowes might no where be better fitted . The Foxe , that first this cause of griefe did finde , Gan first thus plaine his case with words ...
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... fortune , where I may it mend : For worse than that I have I cannot meete . Wide is the world I wote , and everie streete Is full of fortunes , and adventures straunge , Continuallie subject unto chaunge . Say , my faire brother now ...
... fortune , where I may it mend : For worse than that I have I cannot meete . Wide is the world I wote , and everie streete Is full of fortunes , and adventures straunge , Continuallie subject unto chaunge . Say , my faire brother now ...
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... 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 dispos'd him some reliefe to showe , Askt if in husbandrie he ought did knowe , To plough ...
... 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 dispos'd him some reliefe to showe , Askt if in husbandrie he ought did knowe , To plough ...
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... fortunes change to tosse : After which sort they wandered long while , Abusing manie through their cloaked guile , That at the last they gan to be descryed Of everie one , and all their sleights espyed . So as their begging now them ...
... fortunes change to tosse : After which sort they wandered long while , Abusing manie through their cloaked guile , That at the last they gan to be descryed Of everie one , and all their sleights espyed . So as their begging now them ...
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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