The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5C. C. Little and J. Brown, 1839 |
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Page 15
... rich porches , princelie pallaces , Large streetes , brave houses , sacred sepulchers , Sure gates , sweete gardens , stately galleries , Wrought with faire pillours and fine imageries ; All those ( O pitie ! ) now are turnd to dust ...
... rich porches , princelie pallaces , Large streetes , brave houses , sacred sepulchers , Sure gates , sweete gardens , stately galleries , Wrought with faire pillours and fine imageries ; All those ( O pitie ! ) now are turnd to dust ...
Page 25
... rich alive ? What to be great ? what to be gracious ? When after death no token doth survive Of former beeing in this mortall hous , But sleepes in dust dead and inglorious , Like beast , whose breath but in his nostrels is , And hath ...
... rich alive ? What to be great ? what to be gracious ? When after death no token doth survive Of former beeing in this mortall hous , But sleepes in dust dead and inglorious , Like beast , whose breath but in his nostrels is , And hath ...
Page 36
... rich spoyles , which late he did purchas Through brave atcheivements from his enemies : Fainting at last through long infirmities , 655 He smote his steed , that straight to heaven him bore , And left me here his losse for to deplore ...
... rich spoyles , which late he did purchas Through brave atcheivements from his enemies : Fainting at last through long infirmities , 655 He smote his steed , that straight to heaven him bore , And left me here his losse for to deplore ...
Page 59
... rich fee , which Poets wont divide , Now Parasites and Sycophants doo share : Therefore I mourne and endlesse sorrow make , Both for my selfe and for my Sisters sake.— With that she lowdly gan to waile and shrike , And from her eyes a ...
... rich fee , which Poets wont divide , Now Parasites and Sycophants doo share : Therefore I mourne and endlesse sorrow make , Both for my selfe and for my Sisters sake.— With that she lowdly gan to waile and shrike , And from her eyes a ...
Page 63
... rich bountie , and deare cherishment , Supports the praise of noble Poësie ; Ne onelie favours them which it professe , 575 But is her selfe a peereles Poëtesse . Most peereles Prince , most peereles Poëtesse , The true Pandora of all ...
... rich bountie , and deare cherishment , Supports the praise of noble Poësie ; Ne onelie favours them which it professe , 575 But is her selfe a peereles Poëtesse . Most peereles Prince , most peereles Poëtesse , The true Pandora of all ...
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