The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 1Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1855 |
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Page 117
... downe to Plutoes house are come bilive1 : Which passing through , on every side them stood The trembling ghosts with sad amazed mood , Chattring their iron teeth , and staring wide With stony eies ; and all the hellish brood Of feends ...
... downe to Plutoes house are come bilive1 : Which passing through , on every side them stood The trembling ghosts with sad amazed mood , Chattring their iron teeth , and staring wide With stony eies ; and all the hellish brood Of feends ...
Page 248
... downe he fell , and forth his life did breath , That vanisht into smoke and cloudës swift ; So downe he fell , that th ' earth him underneath Did grone , as feeble so great load to lift ; So downe he fell , as an huge rocky clift ...
... downe he fell , and forth his life did breath , That vanisht into smoke and cloudës swift ; So downe he fell , that th ' earth him underneath Did grone , as feeble so great load to lift ; So downe he fell , as an huge rocky clift ...
Page 116
... downe he lent , ' Him backeward overthrew , and downe him stayd 1 Relent , slacken . 2 Uncouth , strange . 8 Arize , bethink . Perlous , perilous . 5 Cast , considered how . 6 Attaching , attacking . 7 Lent , stooped . 8 Stayd , held ...
... downe he lent , ' Him backeward overthrew , and downe him stayd 1 Relent , slacken . 2 Uncouth , strange . 8 Arize , bethink . Perlous , perilous . 5 Cast , considered how . 6 Attaching , attacking . 7 Lent , stooped . 8 Stayd , held ...
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VOL | vii |
A Letter of the Authors | 5 |
Verses addressed to the Author | 11 |
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