The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5G. Bell, 1891 - Poetry |
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... Hight Mother Hubberd , who did farre surpas The rest in honest mirth , that seem'd her well : She , when her turne was come her tale to tell , Tolde of a strange adventure , that betided Betwixt the Foxe and th ' Ape by him misguided ...
... Hight Mother Hubberd , who did farre surpas The rest in honest mirth , that seem'd her well : She , when her turne was come her tale to tell , Tolde of a strange adventure , that betided Betwixt the Foxe and th ' Ape by him misguided ...
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... hight ; Since which all Apes but halfe their eares have left , And of their tailes are utterlie bereft . So Mother Hubberd her discourse did end , Which pardon me , if I amisse have pend ; For weake was my remembrance it to hold , And ...
... hight ; Since which all Apes but halfe their eares have left , And of their tailes are utterlie bereft . So Mother Hubberd her discourse did end , Which pardon me , if I amisse have pend ; For weake was my remembrance it to hold , And ...
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... hight , That her head , earth'd in her foundations deep , Should not her name and endles honour keep . Ye cruell starres , and eke ye Gods unkinde , Heaven envious , and bitter stepdame Nature ! Be it by fortune , or by course of kinde ...
... hight , That her head , earth'd in her foundations deep , Should not her name and endles honour keep . Ye cruell starres , and eke ye Gods unkinde , Heaven envious , and bitter stepdame Nature ! Be it by fortune , or by course of kinde ...
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... hight ; But him behooves to vew in compasse round All that the Ocean graspes in his long armes ; Be it where the yerely starre doth scortch the ground , Or where colde Boreas blowes his bitter stormes . Rome was th ' whole world , and ...
... hight ; But him behooves to vew in compasse round All that the Ocean graspes in his long armes ; Be it where the yerely starre doth scortch the ground , Or where colde Boreas blowes his bitter stormes . Rome was th ' whole world , and ...
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... hight , To greatnes growne through long prosperitie , Thou then adowne might'st fall more horriblie . Hope ye , my verses , that posteritie Of age ensuing shall you ever read ? Hope ye , that ever immortalitie 31 32 So meane Harpes ...
... hight , To greatnes growne through long prosperitie , Thou then adowne might'st fall more horriblie . Hope ye , my verses , that posteritie Of age ensuing shall you ever read ? Hope ye , that ever immortalitie 31 32 So meane Harpes ...
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