The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser in Five Volumes, Volume 3W. Pickering, 1825 - 434 pages |
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... seemes on earth most heavenly to embrace , That same is Beautie , borne of heavenly race . For sure of all that in this mortall frame Contained is , nought more divine doth seeme , Or that resembleth more th ' immortall flame Of ...
... seemes on earth most heavenly to embrace , That same is Beautie , borne of heavenly race . For sure of all that in this mortall frame Contained is , nought more divine doth seeme , Or that resembleth more th ' immortall flame Of ...
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... seemes in it all blisses to containe , In sight whereof all other blisse seemes vaine : Thrice happie Man ! might he the same possesse , He faines himselfe , and doth his fortune blesse . 210 And though he do not win his wish to end ...
... seemes in it all blisses to containe , In sight whereof all other blisse seemes vaine : Thrice happie Man ! might he the same possesse , He faines himselfe , and doth his fortune blesse . 210 And though he do not win his wish to end ...
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... seeme to please ; that is thy soveraine might , O Cyprian queene ! which flowing from the beame 55 Of thy bright starre , thou into them doest streame . That is the thing which giveth pleasant grace To all things faire , that kindleth ...
... seeme to please ; that is thy soveraine might , O Cyprian queene ! which flowing from the beame 55 Of thy bright starre , thou into them doest streame . That is the thing which giveth pleasant grace To all things faire , that kindleth ...
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... seeme . For that same goodly hew of white and red , With which the cheekes are sprinckled , shall decay , And those sweete rosy leaves , so fairly spred Upon the lips , shall fade and fall away That golden wyre , those sparckling stars ...
... seeme . For that same goodly hew of white and red , With which the cheekes are sprinckled , shall decay , And those sweete rosy leaves , so fairly spred Upon the lips , shall fade and fall away That golden wyre , those sparckling stars ...
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... seeme like twinckling starres in frostie night ; But on her lips , like rosy buds in May , So many millions of chaste Pleasures play . 255 260 All those , O Cytherea ! and thousands more Thy handmaides be , which do on thee attend , To ...
... seeme like twinckling starres in frostie night ; But on her lips , like rosy buds in May , So many millions of chaste Pleasures play . 255 260 All those , O Cytherea ! and thousands more Thy handmaides be , which do on thee attend , To ...
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