The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5G. Bell, 1891 - Poetry |
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... live withouten toyle ; But we will walke about the world at pleasure Like two free men , and make our ease a treasure . 160 Free men some beggers call , but they be free , And they which call them so more beggers bee ; For they doo ...
... live withouten toyle ; But we will walke about the world at pleasure Like two free men , and make our ease a treasure . 160 Free men some beggers call , but they be free , And they which call them so more beggers bee ; For they doo ...
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... deerest blood , And in long service lost both limbs and good ; And now , constrain'd that trade to overgive , I driven am to seeke some meanes to live : 250 Which might it you in pitie please t ' afford MOTHER HUBBERDS TALE . 9.
... deerest blood , And in long service lost both limbs and good ; And now , constrain'd that trade to overgive , I driven am to seeke some meanes to live : 250 Which might it you in pitie please t ' afford MOTHER HUBBERDS TALE . 9.
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... loose abroad ; Seeing the world , in which they bootles boad , Had wayes enough for all therein to live ; Such grace did God unto his creatures give . 370 380 390 40C Said then the Foxe : " Who hath the world MOTHER HUBBERDS TALE . 13.
... loose abroad ; Seeing the world , in which they bootles boad , Had wayes enough for all therein to live ; Such grace did God unto his creatures give . 370 380 390 40C Said then the Foxe : " Who hath the world MOTHER HUBBERDS TALE . 13.
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... live in good estate , Loving that love , and hating those that hate ; Being some honest Curate , or some Vicker Content with little in condition sicker . " " Ah ! but ( said th ' Ape ) the charge is wondrous great , To feed mens soules ...
... live in good estate , Loving that love , and hating those that hate ; Being some honest Curate , or some Vicker Content with little in condition sicker . " " Ah ! but ( said th ' Ape ) the charge is wondrous great , To feed mens soules ...
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... blessed be the day , That I see you so goodly and so gay In your attyres , and eke your silken hyde Fil'd with round flesh , that everie bone doth hide . 590 Seemes that in fruitfull pastures ye doo live , Or 18 MOTHER HUBBERDS TALE .
... blessed be the day , That I see you so goodly and so gay In your attyres , and eke your silken hyde Fil'd with round flesh , that everie bone doth hide . 590 Seemes that in fruitfull pastures ye doo live , Or 18 MOTHER HUBBERDS TALE .
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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