The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser: In Five Volumes, Volume 5Little, 1842 |
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... earthly thing , And vainly thinke your selves halfe happie then , When painted faces with smooth flattering Doo fawne on you , and your wide praises sing ; And , when the courting masker louteth1 lowe , Him true in heart and trustie to ...
... earthly thing , And vainly thinke your selves halfe happie then , When painted faces with smooth flattering Doo fawne on you , and your wide praises sing ; And , when the courting masker louteth1 lowe , Him true in heart and trustie to ...
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... earthly Princes then , in vaine , Seeke with Pyramides , to heaven aspired ; Or huge Colosses , built with costlie paine ; Or brasen Pillours , never to be fired ; 400 405 410 Or Shrines , made of the mettall most desired ; To make ...
... earthly Princes then , in vaine , Seeke with Pyramides , to heaven aspired ; Or huge Colosses , built with costlie paine ; Or brasen Pillours , never to be fired ; 400 405 410 Or Shrines , made of the mettall most desired ; To make ...
Page 83
... the land : And th ' okes , deep grounded in the earthly molde , Did move , as if they could him understand ; 1 Rulesse , lawless . 2 Vartes , vaults . And the shrill woods , which were of sense bereav'd VIRGILS GNAT . 83.
... the land : And th ' okes , deep grounded in the earthly molde , Did move , as if they could him understand ; 1 Rulesse , lawless . 2 Vartes , vaults . And the shrill woods , which were of sense bereav'd VIRGILS GNAT . 83.
Page 148
... earthly thing ! II . Great Babylon her haughtie walls will praise , And sharped steeples high shot up in ayre ; Greece will the olde Ephesian buildings blaze ; And Nylus nurslings their Pyramides faire ; The same yet vaunting Greece ...
... earthly thing ! II . Great Babylon her haughtie walls will praise , And sharped steeples high shot up in ayre ; Greece will the olde Ephesian buildings blaze ; And Nylus nurslings their Pyramides faire ; The same yet vaunting Greece ...
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... earthly vapours gathered in the ayre , Eftsoones1 in compas arch't , to steepe his hed , Doth plonge himselfe in Tethys bosome faire ; And , mounting up againe from whence he came , With his great bellie spreds the dimmed world , 1 ...
... earthly vapours gathered in the ayre , Eftsoones1 in compas arch't , to steepe his hed , Doth plonge himselfe in Tethys bosome faire ; And , mounting up againe from whence he came , With his great bellie spreds the dimmed world , 1 ...
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