The Poetical Works of Edmund SpenserH. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1926 - 736 pages |
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... liues so long a space . 32 Far hence ( quoth he ) in wastfull wildernesse His dwelling is , by which no liuing wight May euer passe , but thorough great distresse . Now ( sayd the Lady ) draweth toward night , And well I wote , that of ...
... liues so long a space . 32 Far hence ( quoth he ) in wastfull wildernesse His dwelling is , by which no liuing wight May euer passe , but thorough great distresse . Now ( sayd the Lady ) draweth toward night , And well I wote , that of ...
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... liuing creature mote it not abide ; And his new Lady it endured not . There they alight , in hope themselues to hide ... liued yit ; Which to expresse , he bends his gentle wit , And thinking of those braunches greene to frame A girlond ...
... liuing creature mote it not abide ; And his new Lady it endured not . There they alight , in hope themselues to hide ... liued yit ; Which to expresse , he bends his gentle wit , And thinking of those braunches greene to frame A girlond ...
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... liuing wights , our wearie dayes we waste . 43 But how long time , said then the Elfin knight , Are you in this misformed house to dwell ? We may not chaunge ( quoth he ) this euil plight , Till we be bathed in a liuing well ; That is ...
... liuing wights , our wearie dayes we waste . 43 But how long time , said then the Elfin knight , Are you in this misformed house to dwell ? We may not chaunge ( quoth he ) this euil plight , Till we be bathed in a liuing well ; That is ...
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... liuing tree had spent , The bleeding bough did thrust into the ground , That from the bloud he might be innocent , And with fresh clay did close the wooden wound : Then turning to his Lady , dead with feare her found . 45 Her seeming ...
... liuing tree had spent , The bleeding bough did thrust into the ground , That from the bloud he might be innocent , And with fresh clay did close the wooden wound : Then turning to his Lady , dead with feare her found . 45 Her seeming ...
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... liuing Princes court none euer knew Such endlesse richesse , and so sumptuous shew ; Ne Persia selfe , the nourse of pompous pride Like euer saw . And there a noble crew Of Lordes and Ladies stood on euery side , Which with their ...
... liuing Princes court none euer knew Such endlesse richesse , and so sumptuous shew ; Ne Persia selfe , the nourse of pompous pride Like euer saw . And there a noble crew Of Lordes and Ladies stood on euery side , Which with their ...
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