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... faire Ladye in mourning weedes , riding on a white Asse , with a dwarfe behind her leading a warlike steed , that bore the Armes of a knight , and his speare in the dwarfes hand . Shee , falling before the Queene of Faeries , complayned ...
... faire Ladye in mourning weedes , riding on a white Asse , with a dwarfe behind her leading a warlike steed , that bore the Armes of a knight , and his speare in the dwarfes hand . Shee , falling before the Queene of Faeries , complayned ...
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... faire Lady , called Amoretta , whom he kept in most grievous torment , because she would not yield him the pleasure of her body . Where- upon Sir Scudamour , the lover of that Lady , presently tooke on him that adventure . But being ...
... faire Lady , called Amoretta , whom he kept in most grievous torment , because she would not yield him the pleasure of her body . Where- upon Sir Scudamour , the lover of that Lady , presently tooke on him that adventure . But being ...
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... Faire Venus sonne , that with thy cruell dart At that good knight so cunningly didst rove , That glorious fire it kindled in his hart ; Lay now thy deadly Heben bowe apart , And with thy mother mylde come to mine ayde ; Come , both ...
... Faire Venus sonne , that with thy cruell dart At that good knight so cunningly didst rove , That glorious fire it kindled in his hart ; Lay now thy deadly Heben bowe apart , And with thy mother mylde come to mine ayde ; Come , both ...
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... faire did sitt , As one for knightly giusts 3 and fierce encounters fitt . II And on his brest a bloodie Crosse he bore , The deare remembrance of his dying Lord , For whose sweete sake that glorious badge he wore , And dead , as living ...
... faire did sitt , As one for knightly giusts 3 and fierce encounters fitt . II And on his brest a bloodie Crosse he bore , The deare remembrance of his dying Lord , For whose sweete sake that glorious badge he wore , And dead , as living ...
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... faire beside , Upon a lowly Asse more white then snow , Yet she much whiter ; but the same did hide Under a vele , that wimpled 2 was full low ; And over all a blacke stole 3 shee did throw : As one that inly mournd , so was she sad ...
... faire beside , Upon a lowly Asse more white then snow , Yet she much whiter ; but the same did hide Under a vele , that wimpled 2 was full low ; And over all a blacke stole 3 shee did throw : As one that inly mournd , so was she sad ...
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Page 9 - Crosse he bore, The deare remembrance of his dying Lord, For whose sweete sake that glorious badge he wore, And dead, as living, ever him ador'd : Upon his shield the like was also scor'd, For soveraine hope which in his helpe he had.
Page 23 - And more to lulle him in his slumber soft, A trickling streame from high rock tumbling downe, And ever-drizling raine upon the loft, Mixt with a murmuring winde, much like the sowne Of swarming Bees, did cast him in a swowne.
Page 43 - The Lyon would not leave her desolate, But with her went along, as a strong gard Of her chast person, and a favthfull mate Of her sad troubles and misfortunes hard : Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward; And, when she wakt, he wayted diligent, With humble service to her will prepard : From her fayre eyes he tooke commandement, And ever by her lookes conceived her intent.
Page 12 - The Laurell, meed of mightie Conquerours And Poets sage ; the Firre that weepeth still...
Page 61 - Of griesly Pluto she the daughter was, And sad Proserpina, the Queene of hell ; Yet did she thinke her pearelesse worth to pas That parentage, with pride so did she swell ; And thundring Jove, that high in heaven doth dwell And wield the world...
Page 169 - But she no whit did chaunge her constant mood: And in her other hand she fast did hold A booke, that was both signd and seald with blood : Wherein darke things were writ, hard to be understood.
Page 4 - The beginning therefore of my history, if it were to be told by an Historiographer should be the twelfth booke, which is the last; where I devise that the Faery Queene kept her Annuall feaste xii.
Page 11 - Whose loftie trees, yclad with sommers pride, Did spred so broad, that heavens light did hide, Not perceable with power of any starr : And all within were pathes and alleies wide, With footing worne, and leading inward farr. Faire harbour that them seems, so in they entred ar.
Page 3 - Poets, I labour to pourtraict in Arthure, before he was king, the image of a brave knight, perfected in the twelve private morall vertues, as Aristotle hath devised...
Page 26 - BY this the northerne wagoner had set His sevenfold teme behind the stedfast starre That was in Ocean waves yet never wet, But firme is fixt, and sendeth light from farre To all that in the wide deepe wandring arre: And chearefull Chaunticlere with his note shrill Had warned once, that Phoebus...