The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 4G. Bell, 1891 - Poetry |
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... wretch unkind , That for such good him recompence with ill ? Therefore I cast how I may him unbind , And by his freedome get his free goodwill ; Yet so , as bound to me he may continue still . " Bound unto me but not with such hard ...
... wretch unkind , That for such good him recompence with ill ? Therefore I cast how I may him unbind , And by his freedome get his free goodwill ; Yet so , as bound to me he may continue still . " Bound unto me but not with such hard ...
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... wretched life bereave . Both which to barre he with this answere met her : " Faire Damzell , that with ruth ( as I perceave ) Of my mishaps art mov'd to wish me better , For such your kind regard I can but rest your detter . " Yet ...
... wretched life bereave . Both which to barre he with this answere met her : " Faire Damzell , that with ruth ( as I perceave ) Of my mishaps art mov'd to wish me better , For such your kind regard I can but rest your detter . " Yet ...
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... wretched thrall To th ' insolent commaund of womens will ; That all his former praise doth fowly spill : But he the man , that say or doe so dare , Be well adviz'd that he stand stedfast still ; For never yet was wight so well aware ...
... wretched thrall To th ' insolent commaund of womens will ; That all his former praise doth fowly spill : But he the man , that say or doe so dare , Be well adviz'd that he stand stedfast still ; For never yet was wight so well aware ...
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... wretched bondage , wofully bestad . " " Ay me , " ( quoth she ) " what wicked destinie ! And is he vanquisht by his tyrant enemy ? " " Not by that Tyrant , his intended foe , II But by a Tyrannesse , " ( he then replide ) " That him ...
... wretched bondage , wofully bestad . " " Ay me , " ( quoth she ) " what wicked destinie ! And is he vanquisht by his tyrant enemy ? " " Not by that Tyrant , his intended foe , II But by a Tyrannesse , " ( he then replide ) " That him ...
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... wretched thraldome , weake and wan , Not by strong hand compelled thereunto , But his owne doome , that none can now undoo . " " Sayd I not then " ( quoth shee ) , " erwhile aright , That this is thing compacte betwixt you two , Me to ...
... wretched thraldome , weake and wan , Not by strong hand compelled thereunto , But his owne doome , that none can now undoo . " " Sayd I not then " ( quoth shee ) , " erwhile aright , That this is thing compacte betwixt you two , Me to ...
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