The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5G. Bell, 1891 - Poetry |
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... sorrow breed : For well I weene , thou canst not but envie My wealth , compar'd to thine owne miserie , That art so leane and meagre waxen late , That scarse thy legs uphold thy feeble gate . " 66 Ay me ! ( said then the Foxe ) whom ...
... sorrow breed : For well I weene , thou canst not but envie My wealth , compar'd to thine owne miserie , That art so leane and meagre waxen late , That scarse thy legs uphold thy feeble gate . " 66 Ay me ! ( said then the Foxe ) whom ...
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... sorrow ; 900 To have thy Princes grace , yet want her Peeres ; To have thy asking , yet waite manie yeeres ; To fret thy soule with crosses and with cares ; To eate thy heart through comfortlesse dispaires ; To fawne , to crowche , to ...
... sorrow ; 900 To have thy Princes grace , yet want her Peeres ; To have thy asking , yet waite manie yeeres ; To fret thy soule with crosses and with cares ; To eate thy heart through comfortlesse dispaires ; To fawne , to crowche , to ...
Page 64
... sorrow never ended . For the Tritonian goddesse , having hard Her blazed fame which all the world had fil'd , Came downe to prove the truth , and due reward For her prais - worthie workmanship to yeild ; But the presumptuous Damzell ...
... sorrow never ended . For the Tritonian goddesse , having hard Her blazed fame which all the world had fil'd , Came downe to prove the truth , and due reward For her prais - worthie workmanship to yeild ; But the presumptuous Damzell ...
Page 83
... sorrow full assay , Doth vex my spirite with perplexitie , Thus in a moment to see lost , and drown'd , So great riches , as like cannot be found . The heavenly branches did I see arise Out of the fresh and lustie Lawrell tree , Amidst ...
... sorrow full assay , Doth vex my spirite with perplexitie , Thus in a moment to see lost , and drown'd , So great riches , as like cannot be found . The heavenly branches did I see arise Out of the fresh and lustie Lawrell tree , Amidst ...
Page 121
... sorrow did invade . At last , when paine his vitall powres had spent , His wasted life her weary lodge forwent . Which when she saw , she staied not a whit , But after him did make untimely haste : Forth with her ghost out of her corps ...
... sorrow did invade . At last , when paine his vitall powres had spent , His wasted life her weary lodge forwent . Which when she saw , she staied not a whit , But after him did make untimely haste : Forth with her ghost out of her corps ...
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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