The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5G. Bell, 1891 - Poetry |
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... thereof me much releeved . Amongst the rest a good old woman was , 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 ...
... thereof me much releeved . Amongst the rest a good old woman was , 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 ...
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... thereof I have not loste : Thereto right well this Curdog , by my coste , ( Meaning the Foxe ) will serve my sheepe to gather , And drive to follow after their Belwether . " The Husbandman was meanly well content Triall to make of his ...
... thereof I have not loste : Thereto right well this Curdog , by my coste , ( Meaning the Foxe ) will serve my sheepe to gather , And drive to follow after their Belwether . " The Husbandman was meanly well content Triall to make of his ...
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... thereof ashamed . And now the Foxe had gotten him a gowne , And th ' Ape a cassocke sidelong hanging downe ; For they their occupation meant to change , And now in other state abroad to range : For , since their souldiers pas no better ...
... thereof ashamed . And now the Foxe had gotten him a gowne , And th ' Ape a cassocke sidelong hanging downe ; For they their occupation meant to change , And now in other state abroad to range : For , since their souldiers pas no better ...
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... thereof skill ; For read he could not evidence , nor will , Ne tell a written word , ne write a letter , Ne make one title worse , ne make one better : Of such deep learning little had he neede , Ne yet of Latine , ne of Greeke , that ...
... thereof skill ; For read he could not evidence , nor will , Ne tell a written word , ne write a letter , Ne make one title worse , ne make one better : Of such deep learning little had he neede , Ne yet of Latine , ne of Greeke , that ...
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... thereof gathers for himselfe the best . He will not creepe , nor crouche with fained face , But walkes upright with comely stedfast pace , And unto all doth yeeld due curtesie ; But not with kissed hand belowe the knee , As that same ...
... thereof gathers for himselfe the best . He will not creepe , nor crouche with fained face , But walkes upright with comely stedfast pace , And unto all doth yeeld due curtesie ; But not with kissed hand belowe the knee , As that same ...
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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