The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5C. C. Little and J. Brown, 1839 |
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Page 31
... pleasures choyce to feed his cheerefull sprights : Not that , which Merlin by his magicke slights Made for the gentle Squire , to entertaine His fayre Belphoebe , could this gardine staine . But O short pleasure bought with lasting ...
... pleasures choyce to feed his cheerefull sprights : Not that , which Merlin by his magicke slights Made for the gentle Squire , to entertaine His fayre Belphoebe , could this gardine staine . But O short pleasure bought with lasting ...
Page 48
... pleasure The listners eyes and eares with melodie ; In which I late was wont to raine as Queene , And maske in mirth with Graces well beseene ? O ! all is gone ; and all that goodly glee , Which wont to be the glorie of gay wits , Is ...
... pleasure The listners eyes and eares with melodie ; In which I late was wont to raine as Queene , And maske in mirth with Graces well beseene ? O ! all is gone ; and all that goodly glee , Which wont to be the glorie of gay wits , Is ...
Page 53
... pleasures sweet , Feareles through his own fault or Fortunes spight To tumble into sorrow and regreet , Yf chaunce him fall into calamitie , Finds greater burthen of his miserie . So wee that earst in ioyance did abound , And in the ...
... pleasures sweet , Feareles through his own fault or Fortunes spight To tumble into sorrow and regreet , Yf chaunce him fall into calamitie , Finds greater burthen of his miserie . So wee that earst in ioyance did abound , And in the ...
Page 54
... pleasures they allure , And tell their Prince that learning is but vaine ; Faire Ladies loves they spot with thoughts impure , And gentle mindes with lewd delights distaine ; Clerks they to loathly idlenes entice , And fill their bookes ...
... pleasures they allure , And tell their Prince that learning is but vaine ; Faire Ladies loves they spot with thoughts impure , And gentle mindes with lewd delights distaine ; Clerks they to loathly idlenes entice , And fill their bookes ...
Page 55
... pleasure fed , Which ye now in securitie possesse , Forgetfull of your former heavinesse ; Now change the tenor of your ioyous layes , With which ye use your Loves to deifie , And blazon foorth an earthlie Beauties praise Above the ...
... pleasure fed , Which ye now in securitie possesse , Forgetfull of your former heavinesse ; Now change the tenor of your ioyous layes , With which ye use your Loves to deifie , And blazon foorth an earthlie Beauties praise Above the ...
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