The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 1Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1855 |
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Page 166
... thought at first encounter to have slaine . But wise and wary was that noble Pere ; And , lightly leaping from so monstrous maine , Did fayre avoide the violence him nere ; It booted nought to thinke such thunderbolts to beare ; Ne ...
... thought at first encounter to have slaine . But wise and wary was that noble Pere ; And , lightly leaping from so monstrous maine , Did fayre avoide the violence him nere ; It booted nought to thinke such thunderbolts to beare ; Ne ...
Page 305
... thought her cheare too litle , th ' other thought toe mutch . 35 Elissa ( so the eldest hight ) did deeme Such entertainment base , ne ought would eat , Treague , truce . All , although . 8 Troth , truth . 4 l'tter , outer . Ne ought ...
... thought her cheare too litle , th ' other thought toe mutch . 35 Elissa ( so the eldest hight ) did deeme Such entertainment base , ne ought would eat , Treague , truce . All , although . 8 Troth , truth . 4 l'tter , outer . Ne ought ...
Page 256
... thoughts alway Are wont to cleave unto the lowly clay , It stirreth up to sensuall desire , And in lewd slouth to wast ... thought of ungentlenesse Ever to creepe into his noble brest ; But to the highest and the worthiest Lifteth it up ...
... thoughts alway Are wont to cleave unto the lowly clay , It stirreth up to sensuall desire , And in lewd slouth to wast ... thought of ungentlenesse Ever to creepe into his noble brest ; But to the highest and the worthiest Lifteth it up ...
Contents
VOL | vii |
A Letter of the Authors | 5 |
Verses addressed to the Author | 11 |
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