The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 1Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1855 |
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... Wretched man , wretched tree ! whose nature weake A cruell witch , her cursed will to wreake , Hath thus transformd , and plast1 in open plaines , Where Boreas doth blow full bitter bleake , And scorching sunne does dry my secret vaines ...
... Wretched man , wretched tree ! whose nature weake A cruell witch , her cursed will to wreake , Hath thus transformd , and plast1 in open plaines , Where Boreas doth blow full bitter bleake , And scorching sunne does dry my secret vaines ...
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... wretch , " quoth he , " of so great grace , How dare I thinke such glory to attaine ! " " These , that have it ... wretched , and liv'd in like paine . " - LXI . 9. The assistance St. George was said to have rendered to Godfrey of ...
... wretch , " quoth he , " of so great grace , How dare I thinke such glory to attaine ! " " These , that have it ... wretched , and liv'd in like paine . " - LXI . 9. The assistance St. George was said to have rendered to Godfrey of ...
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... wretched Squyre , Whom that mad man of life nigh late deprivd , Lying on ground , all soild with blood and myre : Whom whenas he perceived to respyre , He gan to comfort , and his woundes to dresse . Being at last recured , he gan ...
... wretched Squyre , Whom that mad man of life nigh late deprivd , Lying on ground , all soild with blood and myre : Whom whenas he perceived to respyre , He gan to comfort , and his woundes to dresse . Being at last recured , he gan ...
Contents
VOL | vii |
A Letter of the Authors | 5 |
Verses addressed to the Author | 11 |
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