The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser: In Five Volumes, Volume 5Little, 1842 |
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... skill . " O griefe of griefes ! O gall of all good heartes ! To see that vertue should dispised bee Of him , that first was raisde for vertuous parts , And now , broad spreading like an aged tree , 430 435 440 445 450 1 Read , declare ...
... skill . " O griefe of griefes ! O gall of all good heartes ! To see that vertue should dispised bee Of him , that first was raisde for vertuous parts , And now , broad spreading like an aged tree , 430 435 440 445 450 1 Read , declare ...
Page 42
... 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 decay of learning , and of the indifference with ...
... 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 decay of learning , and of the indifference with ...
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... skill , That wont to be the worlds chiefe ornament , And learned Impes1 that wont to shoote up 70 still , 75 And grow to height of kingdomes government , They underkeep , and with their spreading armes Do beat their buds , that perish ...
... skill , That wont to be the worlds chiefe ornament , And learned Impes1 that wont to shoote up 70 still , 75 And grow to height of kingdomes government , They underkeep , and with their spreading armes Do beat their buds , that perish ...
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... skill bereft , And wants the staffe of wisedome him to stay , Is like a ship in midst of tempest left Withouten helme or pilot her to sway : Full sad and dreadfull is that ships event ; So is the man that wants intendiment.1 1 ...
... skill bereft , And wants the staffe of wisedome him to stay , Is like a ship in midst of tempest left Withouten helme or pilot her to sway : Full sad and dreadfull is that ships event ; So is the man that wants intendiment.1 1 ...
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... skill The Stage with Tragick Buskin to adorne , And fill the Scene with plaint and outcries shrill Of wretched persons , to misfortune borne : But none more tragick matter I can finde Then this , of men depriv'd of sense and minde . For ...
... skill The Stage with Tragick Buskin to adorne , And fill the Scene with plaint and outcries shrill Of wretched persons , to misfortune borne : But none more tragick matter I can finde Then this , of men depriv'd of sense and minde . For ...
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