The Poetical Works of Edmund SpenserH. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1926 - 736 pages |
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... selfe excluded From natiue home , and spent my youth in vaine , I gan my follies to my selfe to plaine , And this sweet peace , whose lacke did then appeare . Tho backe returning to my sheepe againe , I from thenceforth have learn'd to ...
... selfe excluded From natiue home , and spent my youth in vaine , I gan my follies to my selfe to plaine , And this sweet peace , whose lacke did then appeare . Tho backe returning to my sheepe againe , I from thenceforth have learn'd to ...
Page 19
... selfe a Queene , and crownd to Yet rightfull kingdome she had none at all , Ne heritage of natiue soueraintie , But did vsurpe with wrong and tyrannie Vpon the scepter , which she now did hold : Ne ruld her Realmes with lawes , but ...
... selfe a Queene , and crownd to Yet rightfull kingdome she had none at all , Ne heritage of natiue soueraintie , But did vsurpe with wrong and tyrannie Vpon the scepter , which she now did hold : Ne ruld her Realmes with lawes , but ...
Page 21
... selfe , whom he did beare : Who rough , and blacke , and filthy did appeare , Vnseemely man to please faire Ladies eye ; Yet he of Ladies oft was loued deare , When fairer faces were bid standen by : O who does know the bent of womens ...
... selfe , whom he did beare : Who rough , and blacke , and filthy did appeare , Vnseemely man to please faire Ladies eye ; Yet he of Ladies oft was loued deare , When fairer faces were bid standen by : O who does know the bent of womens ...
Page 80
... selfe torment . 38 Betwixt them both the faire Medina sate With sober grace , and goodly carriage : With equall measure she did moderate The strong extremities of their outrage ; That forward paire she euer would asswage , When they ...
... selfe torment . 38 Betwixt them both the faire Medina sate With sober grace , and goodly carriage : With equall measure she did moderate The strong extremities of their outrage ; That forward paire she euer would asswage , When they ...
Page 81
... selfe great hope and helpe con- ceiu'd , That puffed vp with smoke of vanitie , And with selfe - loued personage deceiu'd , He gan to hope , of men to be receiu'd For such , as he him thought , or faine would bee : But for in court gay ...
... selfe great hope and helpe con- ceiu'd , That puffed vp with smoke of vanitie , And with selfe - loued personage deceiu'd , He gan to hope , of men to be receiu'd For such , as he him thought , or faine would bee : But for in court gay ...
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