The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser in Five Volumes, Volume 3W. Pickering, 1825 - 434 pages |
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... of thy great god - hed : But , if thou wouldst vouchsafe to overspred Me with the shadow of thy gentle wing , I should enabled be thy actes to sing . 20 Come , then , O come , thou mightie God An Hymne in Honour of Love.
... of thy great god - hed : But , if thou wouldst vouchsafe to overspred Me with the shadow of thy gentle wing , I should enabled be thy actes to sing . 20 Come , then , O come , thou mightie God An Hymne in Honour of Love.
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... wings of his own heat , Kindled at first from heavens life - giving fyre , He gan to move out of his idle seat ; Weakly at first , but after with desyre Lifted aloft , he gan to mount up hyre , 65 And , like fresh eagle , made his hardy ...
... wings of his own heat , Kindled at first from heavens life - giving fyre , He gan to move out of his idle seat ; Weakly at first , but after with desyre Lifted aloft , he gan to mount up hyre , 65 And , like fresh eagle , made his hardy ...
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... wings dare not to heaven fly , But like a moldwarpe in the earth doth ly . His dunghill thoughts , which do themselves enure To dirtie drosse , no higher dare aspyre , Ne can his feeble earthly eyes endure The flaming light of that ...
... wings dare not to heaven fly , But like a moldwarpe in the earth doth ly . His dunghill thoughts , which do themselves enure To dirtie drosse , no higher dare aspyre , Ne can his feeble earthly eyes endure The flaming light of that ...
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... wings From this base world unto thy heavens hight , Where I may see those admirable things Which there thou workest by thy soveraine might , Farre above feeble reach of earthly sight , That I thereof an heavenly Hymne may sing Unto the ...
... wings From this base world unto thy heavens hight , Where I may see those admirable things Which there thou workest by thy soveraine might , Farre above feeble reach of earthly sight , That I thereof an heavenly Hymne may sing Unto the ...
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... wings About that mightie bound which doth embrace The rolling spheres , and parts their houres by space , That High Eternall Powre , which now doth move In all these things , mov'd in it selfe by love . It lovd it sélfe , because it ...
... wings About that mightie bound which doth embrace The rolling spheres , and parts their houres by space , That High Eternall Powre , which now doth move In all these things , mov'd in it selfe by love . It lovd it sélfe , because it ...
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Arthur Gorges aspyre Astrophill beasts beautie behold bowre brave brest bright celestiall cleave asunder cruell deare death delight devize dight doest dolefull doth dreadfull earth earthly eccho ring eternall eyes face faire faire Ladie falconry farre fayre feare flowres foorth Foxe fyre gentle glorie glorious goodly grace griefe grone happie hart hath heaven heavenly hight himselfe honour Hymen immortall ioyes ioyous LADIE light live Lord LYCON lyke mightie mortall mourne Muses mynd never night noble nought Nymphes paine plaint pleasure powre praid praise prayses pride rest Rome sacred Sapience scorne seeke seem'd selfe shee shepheards shew shyning sight sing Sith skie song sorrow soule spide spoyle spright sunne sweet teares thee thereof theyr things thou thought twixt unto vaine vertue weene weepe Whilest whilome wight wings wize wont woods wretched