The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser: In Five Volumes, Volume 5Little, 1842 |
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... weene , As that faire troupe of woodie Goddesses Staied thee , O Peneus , powring foorth to thee , From cheereful lookes , great mirth and gladsome glee . XXIV . The verie nature of the place , resounding With gentle murmure of the ...
... weene , As that faire troupe of woodie Goddesses Staied thee , O Peneus , powring foorth to thee , From cheereful lookes , great mirth and gladsome glee . XXIV . The verie nature of the place , resounding With gentle murmure of the ...
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... weene is best for us to take , That for ourselves we may a living make . Whether shall we professe some trade or skill ? Or shall we varie our device at will , Even as new occasion appeares ? Or shall we tie our selves for certaine ...
... weene is best for us to take , That for ourselves we may a living make . Whether shall we professe some trade or skill ? Or shall we varie our device at will , Even as new occasion appeares ? Or shall we tie our selves for certaine ...
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... weene , thou canst not but envie My wealth , compar'd to thine owne miserie , That art so leane and meagre waxen late , That scarse thy legs uphold thy feeble gate . " Ay me ! ( said then the Foxe ) whom evill hap Unworthy in such ...
... weene , thou canst not but envie My wealth , compar'd to thine owne miserie , That art so leane and meagre waxen late , That scarse thy legs uphold thy feeble gate . " Ay me ! ( said then the Foxe ) whom evill hap Unworthy in such ...
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... Rome the world subdu'd , That one would weene that one sole Cities strength Both land and sea in roundnes had survew'd , To be the measure of her bredth and length : THE RUINES OF ROME . This peoples vertue yet so 150 THE RUINES OF ROME .
... Rome the world subdu'd , That one would weene that one sole Cities strength Both land and sea in roundnes had survew'd , To be the measure of her bredth and length : THE RUINES OF ROME . This peoples vertue yet so 150 THE RUINES OF ROME .
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... weene the contrarie in thought , That all this Whole shall one day come to nought . X. As that brave sonne of Aeson , which by charmes Atcheiv'd the Golden Fleece in Colchid land , Out of the earth engendred men of armes Of dragons ...
... weene the contrarie in thought , That all this Whole shall one day come to nought . X. As that brave sonne of Aeson , which by charmes Atcheiv'd the Golden Fleece in Colchid land , Out of the earth engendred men of armes Of dragons ...
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