The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser: In Five Volumes, Volume 1Little, 1848 |
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Page xxiii
... fight ; if the statesman jousted for his place , the lover for his mistress , the Christian for his creed , and the " Paynim ” for his ; if man learned temperance in armor , and woman chastity in iron ; this would do very well . But as ...
... fight ; if the statesman jousted for his place , the lover for his mistress , the Christian for his creed , and the " Paynim ” for his ; if man learned temperance in armor , and woman chastity in iron ; this would do very well . But as ...
Page xlvi
... fighting woman attractive . The qualities of a warrior are as inconsistent with feminine softness , as his robust and sinewy limbs and well - defined muscles are with the delicate outline of feminine beauty . Though the poet has ...
... fighting woman attractive . The qualities of a warrior are as inconsistent with feminine softness , as his robust and sinewy limbs and well - defined muscles are with the delicate outline of feminine beauty . Though the poet has ...
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... fight . Whose corage when the Feend perceivd to shrinke , She poured forth out of her hellish sinke Her fruitfull cursed spawne of serpents small , ( Deformed monsters , fowle , and blacke as inke , ) Which swarming all about his legs ...
... fight . Whose corage when the Feend perceivd to shrinke , She poured forth out of her hellish sinke Her fruitfull cursed spawne of serpents small , ( Deformed monsters , fowle , and blacke as inke , ) Which swarming all about his legs ...
Page 42
... fight Ye all forwearied ' be ; for what so strong , But , wanting rest , will also want of might ? The sunne , that measures heaven all day long , At night doth baite his steedes the ocean waves emong . XXXIII . " Then with the sunne ...
... fight Ye all forwearied ' be ; for what so strong , But , wanting rest , will also want of might ? The sunne , that measures heaven all day long , At night doth baite his steedes the ocean waves emong . XXXIII . " Then with the sunne ...
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... fight Having yrockt asleepe his irkesome spright , That troublous Dreame gan freshly tosse his braine With bowres , and beds , and ladies deare delight : But , when he saw his labour all was vaine , With that misformed Spright he back ...
... fight Having yrockt asleepe his irkesome spright , That troublous Dreame gan freshly tosse his braine With bowres , and beds , and ladies deare delight : But , when he saw his labour all was vaine , With that misformed Spright he back ...
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