The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser: In Five Volumes, Volume 5Little, 1842 |
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... delight ( quoth she ) in earthlie thing , Or comfort can I , wretched creature , have ? Whose happines the heavens envying , From highest staire to lowest step me drave , And have in mine owne bowels made my grave , That of all nations ...
... delight ( quoth she ) in earthlie thing , Or comfort can I , wretched creature , have ? Whose happines the heavens envying , From highest staire to lowest step me drave , And have in mine owne bowels made my grave , That of all nations ...
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... delight , That her to heare I feele my feeble spright Robbed of sense , and ravished with ioy ; O sad ioy , made of mourning and anoy ! " Yet will I sing ; but who can better sing Than thou thyselfe , thine owne selfes valiance , 320 ...
... delight , That her to heare I feele my feeble spright Robbed of sense , and ravished with ioy ; O sad ioy , made of mourning and anoy ! " Yet will I sing ; but who can better sing Than thou thyselfe , thine owne selfes valiance , 320 ...
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... delights , Such as on earth man could not more devize , 510 515 520 525 With pleasures choyce to feed his cheerefull ... delight In earthlie blis , and ioy in pleasures vaine , Since that I sawe this gardine wasted quite , That where it ...
... delights , Such as on earth man could not more devize , 510 515 520 525 With pleasures choyce to feed his cheerefull ... delight In earthlie blis , and ioy in pleasures vaine , Since that I sawe this gardine wasted quite , That where it ...
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... delight : With that she started up with cherefull sight , When suddeinly both Bed and all was gone , And I in languor left there all alone . V. away , Still as I gazed , I beheld where stood A Knight all arm'd , upon a winged steed ...
... delight : With that she started up with cherefull sight , When suddeinly both Bed and all was gone , And I in languor left there all alone . V. away , Still as I gazed , I beheld where stood A Knight all arm'd , upon a winged steed ...
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... delight Through the divine infusion of their skill , And all that els seemd faire and fresh in sight , So made by nature for to serve their will , Was turned now to dismall heavinesse , Was turned now to dreadfull uglinesse . 335 40 ...
... delight Through the divine infusion of their skill , And all that els seemd faire and fresh in sight , So made by nature for to serve their will , Was turned now to dismall heavinesse , Was turned now to dreadfull uglinesse . 335 40 ...
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Arthur Gorges aspyre Astrophel Astrophill beames beasts beautie behold bowre brave brest bright celestiall Colin cruell Cynthia dayes deare death delight dight doest dolefull doth dreadfull earth earthly eccho ring emongst eternall eyes faire farre fayre flowre foorth Foxe fyre gentle glorie goodly grace griefe grone happie hart hast hath heaven heavenly hight himselfe honour immortall ioyous John Spenser Ladie lament light live Lord LYCON lyke mightie mourne Muse mynd never noble nought Nymphes paine peerlesse price plaint powre praise pride quoth rest Rome sacred scorne seeke seem'd selfe shee shepheards shew shyning sight sing Sir Philip Sidney Sith Sithı skie sorrow Spenser spide spoyle spright sunne sweet teares Theana thee thereof theyr things thou thought unto vaine vertue weene Whilest Whilome wight wize wont woods wretched