The Poetical Works of Edmund SpenserH. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1926 - 736 pages |
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... seeke some couert nigh at hand , A shadie groue not far away they spide , That promist ayde the tempest to withstand : Whose loftie trees yclad with sommers pride , Did spred so broad , that heauens light did hide , Not perceable with ...
... seeke some couert nigh at hand , A shadie groue not far away they spide , That promist ayde the tempest to withstand : Whose loftie trees yclad with sommers pride , Did spred so broad , that heauens light did hide , Not perceable with ...
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... seeke to perce : repining courage yields No foote to foe . The flashing fier flies As from a forge out of their burning shields , And streames of purple bloud new dies the verdant fields . 18 Curse on that Crosse ( quoth then the ...
... seeke to perce : repining courage yields No foote to foe . The flashing fier flies As from a forge out of their burning shields , And streames of purple bloud new dies the verdant fields . 18 Curse on that Crosse ( quoth then the ...
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... seeke , [ Greeke , With paines farre passing that long wandring That for his loue refused deitie ; Such were the labours of this Lady meeke , Still seeking him , that from her still did flie , Then furthest from her hope , when most she ...
... seeke , [ Greeke , With paines farre passing that long wandring That for his loue refused deitie ; Such were the labours of this Lady meeke , Still seeking him , that from her still did flie , Then furthest from her hope , when most she ...
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... seeke aduenture in strange place , Where Archimago said a felon strong To many knights did daily worke disgrace ; But knight he now shall neuer more deface : Good cause of mine excuse ; that mote ye please Well to accept , and euermore ...
... seeke aduenture in strange place , Where Archimago said a felon strong To many knights did daily worke disgrace ; But knight he now shall neuer more deface : Good cause of mine excuse ; that mote ye please Well to accept , and euermore ...
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... seeke his kindred , and the lignage right , From whence he tooke his well deserued name : He had in armes abroad wonne muchell fame , And fild far landes with glorie of his might , Plaine , faithfull , true , and enimy of shame , And ...
... seeke his kindred , and the lignage right , From whence he tooke his well deserued name : He had in armes abroad wonne muchell fame , And fild far landes with glorie of his might , Plaine , faithfull , true , and enimy of shame , And ...
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