The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser: In Five Volumes, Volume 5Little, 1842 |
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... on the insta- bility of human affairs are not to be compared to the eloquent and imaginative moralizations of Jeremy Taylor in his Holy Dying . ” — Retrospective Review , vol . xii . p . 154 . There , on the other side , I did behold.
... on the insta- bility of human affairs are not to be compared to the eloquent and imaginative moralizations of Jeremy Taylor in his Holy Dying . ” — Retrospective Review , vol . xii . p . 154 . There , on the other side , I did behold.
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... behold A Woman sitting sorrowfullie wailing , Rending her yellow locks , like wyrie gold About her shoulders careleslie downe trailing , 10 And streames of teares from her faire eyes forth railing1 : In her right hand a broken rod she ...
... behold A Woman sitting sorrowfullie wailing , Rending her yellow locks , like wyrie gold About her shoulders careleslie downe trailing , 10 And streames of teares from her faire eyes forth railing1 : In her right hand a broken rod she ...
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... behold me and their gifts bestowe , The picture of thy pride in pompous shew : And of the whole world as thou wast the Empresse , So I of this small Northerne world was Princesse . " To tell the beawtie of my buildings fayre , Adornd ...
... behold me and their gifts bestowe , The picture of thy pride in pompous shew : And of the whole world as thou wast the Empresse , So I of this small Northerne world was Princesse . " To tell the beawtie of my buildings fayre , Adornd ...
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... behold the piteous fall of mee , And in my case their owne ensample see . " And who so els that sits in highest seate Of this worlds glorie , worshipped of all , 455 460 Ne feareth change of time , nor fortunes threate , Let him behold ...
... behold the piteous fall of mee , And in my case their owne ensample see . " And who so els that sits in highest seate Of this worlds glorie , worshipped of all , 455 460 Ne feareth change of time , nor fortunes threate , Let him behold ...
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... Behold ( said it ) and by ensample see , That all is vanitie and griefe of minde , Ne other comfort in this world can be , But hope of heaven , and heart to God inclinde ; For all the rest must needs be left behinde : With that it bad ...
... Behold ( said it ) and by ensample see , That all is vanitie and griefe of minde , Ne other comfort in this world can be , But hope of heaven , and heart to God inclinde ; For all the rest must needs be left behinde : With that it bad ...
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