The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser: In Five Volumes, Volume 5Little, 1842 |
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... whilome raised they the puissant brood Of golden - girt Alcmena , for great merite , Out of the dust , to which the Oetaan wood Had him consum'd , and spent his vitall spirite , To highest heaven , where now he doth inherite All ...
... whilome raised they the puissant brood Of golden - girt Alcmena , for great merite , Out of the dust , to which the Oetaan wood Had him consum'd , and spent his vitall spirite , To highest heaven , where now he doth inherite All ...
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... whilome was alive the wisest wight . But now his wisedome is disprooved quite , For he , that now welds 2 all things at his will , Scorns th ' one and th ' other in his deeper skill . " O griefe of griefes ! O gall of all good heartes ...
... whilome was alive the wisest wight . But now his wisedome is disprooved quite , For he , that now welds 2 all things at his will , Scorns th ' one and th ' other in his deeper skill . " O griefe of griefes ! O gall of all good heartes ...
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... whilome 2 seemed to have been The Harpe on which Dan Orpheus was seene Wylde beasts and forrests after him to lead , But was th ' Harpe of Philisides now dead .. At length out of the river it was reard , And borne above the cloudes to ...
... whilome 2 seemed to have been The Harpe on which Dan Orpheus was seene Wylde beasts and forrests after him to lead , But was th ' Harpe of Philisides now dead .. At length out of the river it was reard , And borne above the cloudes to ...
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... whilome wast the worldës chiefst richés ; Give leave to him that lov'de thee to lament Ver . 673. - Philisides . ] Sir Philip Sidney . 670 675 * « L'Envoy was a sort of postscript sent with poetical compositions , and serving either to ...
... whilome wast the worldës chiefst richés ; Give leave to him that lov'de thee to lament Ver . 673. - Philisides . ] Sir Philip Sidney . 670 675 * « L'Envoy was a sort of postscript sent with poetical compositions , and serving either to ...
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... vaine toyes the vulgar entertaine ; But me have banished , with all the rest That whilome1 wont to wait upon my traine , 1 Whilome , formerly . 191 195 Fine Counterfesaunce , 1 and unhurtfull Sport , Delight , 48 THE TEARES OF THE MUSES .
... vaine toyes the vulgar entertaine ; But me have banished , with all the rest That whilome1 wont to wait upon my traine , 1 Whilome , formerly . 191 195 Fine Counterfesaunce , 1 and unhurtfull Sport , Delight , 48 THE TEARES OF THE MUSES .
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