Complete Works of Edmund SpenserMacmillan, 1893 - 736 pages |
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... earth more sacred or divine Nought is there under heav'ns wide hollow- nesse • 579 579 SEE ! how the stubborne damzell doth deprave 577 Shall I then silent be , or shall I speake . Shepheards , that wont , on pipes of oaten reed 559 ...
... earth more sacred or divine Nought is there under heav'ns wide hollow- nesse • 579 579 SEE ! how the stubborne damzell doth deprave 577 Shall I then silent be , or shall I speake . Shepheards , that wont , on pipes of oaten reed 559 ...
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... earth did sustaine , And taught ambitious Rome to tyrannise And in the neck of all the world to rayne , Oft from those grave affaires were wont ab- staine , With the sweet Lady Muses for to play : So Ennius the elder Africane , So Maro ...
... earth did sustaine , And taught ambitious Rome to tyrannise And in the neck of all the world to rayne , Oft from those grave affaires were wont ab- staine , With the sweet Lady Muses for to play : So Ennius the elder Africane , So Maro ...
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... earth did sustaine , And taught ambitious Rome to tyrannise And in the neck of all the world to rayne , Oft from those grave affaires were wont ab- staine , With the sweet Lady Muses for to play : So Ennius the elder Africane , So Maro ...
... earth did sustaine , And taught ambitious Rome to tyrannise And in the neck of all the world to rayne , Oft from those grave affaires were wont ab- staine , With the sweet Lady Muses for to play : So Ennius the elder Africane , So Maro ...
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... earth did kis , Greeting his grave : his grudging ghost did strive With the fraile flesh ; at last it flitted is , Whither the soules doe fly of men that live amis . XX The Lady , when she saw her champion fall Like the old ruines of a ...
... earth did kis , Greeting his grave : his grudging ghost did strive With the fraile flesh ; at last it flitted is , Whither the soules doe fly of men that live amis . XX The Lady , when she saw her champion fall Like the old ruines of a ...
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... earth . The earth shall sooner leave her kindly skil To bring forth fruit , and make eternal derth , Then I leave you , my liefe , yborn of hevenly berth . XXIX ' And sooth to say , why I lefte you so long , Was for to seeke adventure ...
... earth . The earth shall sooner leave her kindly skil To bring forth fruit , and make eternal derth , Then I leave you , my liefe , yborn of hevenly berth . XXIX ' And sooth to say , why I lefte you so long , Was for to seeke adventure ...
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