The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5G. Bell, 1891 - Poetry |
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... wight ; And still I hoped to be up advaunced , For my good parts ; but still it hath mischaunced . Now therefore that no lenger hope I see , But froward fortune still to follow mee , And losels lifted up on high , where I did looke , I ...
... wight ; And still I hoped to be up advaunced , For my good parts ; but still it hath mischaunced . Now therefore that no lenger hope I see , But froward fortune still to follow mee , And losels lifted up on high , where I did looke , I ...
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... wight ; But my late maymed limbs lack wonted might To doo their kindly services as needeth . 270 Scarce this right hand the mouth with diet feedeth , So that it may no painfull worke endure , Ne to strong labour can it selfe enure ; But ...
... wight ; But my late maymed limbs lack wonted might To doo their kindly services as needeth . 270 Scarce this right hand the mouth with diet feedeth , So that it may no painfull worke endure , Ne to strong labour can it selfe enure ; But ...
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... wight , Will cope with thee in reasonable wise ; That if the living yerely doo arise 520 To fortie pound , that then his yongest sonne Shall twentie have , and twentie thou hast wonne : 53 < Thou hast it wonne , for it is of franke gift ...
... wight , Will cope with thee in reasonable wise ; That if the living yerely doo arise 520 To fortie pound , that then his yongest sonne Shall twentie have , and twentie thou hast wonne : 53 < Thou hast it wonne , for it is of franke gift ...
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... wight he was , and whence : For he was clad in strange accoustrements , Fashion'd with queint devises , never seene In Court before , yet there all fashions beene ; Yet he them in newfanglenesse did pas . But his behaviour altogether ...
... wight he was , and whence : For he was clad in strange accoustrements , Fashion'd with queint devises , never seene In Court before , yet there all fashions beene ; Yet he them in newfanglenesse did pas . But his behaviour altogether ...
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... wight , borne to desastrous end , That doth his life in so long tendance spend : 910 Who ever leaves sweete home , where meane estate In safe assurance , without strife or hate , Findes all things needfull for contentment meeke , And ...
... wight , borne to desastrous end , That doth his life in so long tendance spend : 910 Who ever leaves sweete home , where meane estate In safe assurance , without strife or hate , Findes all things needfull for contentment meeke , And ...
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