The Poetical Works of Edmund SpenserHenry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1916 - 736 pages |
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Page xxvii
... hath not withdrawne himselfe from seruice of the state to liue idle or wholly priuate to himselfe , but hath spent some time in doing that which may greatly benefit others and hath serued not a little to the bettering of his owne mind ...
... hath not withdrawne himselfe from seruice of the state to liue idle or wholly priuate to himselfe , but hath spent some time in doing that which may greatly benefit others and hath serued not a little to the bettering of his owne mind ...
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... Hath made iudge of my life or death indiffer- ently . 52 Your owne deare sake forst me at first to leaue My Fathers kingdome , There she stopt with teares ; Her swollen hart her speach seemd to bereaue , And then againe begun , My ...
... Hath made iudge of my life or death indiffer- ently . 52 Your owne deare sake forst me at first to leaue My Fathers kingdome , There she stopt with teares ; Her swollen hart her speach seemd to bereaue , And then againe begun , My ...
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... Hath now made thrall to your commandement , Before that angry heauens list to lowre , And fortune false betraide me to your powre Was , ( O what now auaileth that I was ! ) Borne the sole daughter of an Emperour , He that the wide West ...
... Hath now made thrall to your commandement , Before that angry heauens list to lowre , And fortune false betraide me to your powre Was , ( O what now auaileth that I was ! ) Borne the sole daughter of an Emperour , He that the wide West ...
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... hath no powre To looken backe ; his eyes be fixt before . Before her stands her knight , for whom she toyld so sore . 31 Much like , as when the beaten marinere , That long hath wandred in the Ocean wide , Oft soust in swelling Tethys ...
... hath no powre To looken backe ; his eyes be fixt before . Before her stands her knight , for whom she toyld so sore . 31 Much like , as when the beaten marinere , That long hath wandred in the Ocean wide , Oft soust in swelling Tethys ...
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... hath , The which he brandisheth about his hed ; His eyes did hurle forth sparkles fiery red , And stared sterne on all , that him beheld , As ashes pale of hew and seeming ded ; And on his dagger still his hand he held , Trembling ...
... hath , The which he brandisheth about his hed ; His eyes did hurle forth sparkles fiery red , And stared sterne on all , that him beheld , As ashes pale of hew and seeming ded ; And on his dagger still his hand he held , Trembling ...
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