Complete Works of Edmund SpenserMacmillan, 1893 - 736 pages |
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Page 19
... Fight for the rule of the rich fleeced flocke , Their horned fronts so fierce on either side Doe meete , that , with the terror of the shocke , Astonied , both stand sencelesse as a blocke , Forgetfull of the hanging victory : So stood ...
... Fight for the rule of the rich fleeced flocke , Their horned fronts so fierce on either side Doe meete , that , with the terror of the shocke , Astonied , both stand sencelesse as a blocke , Forgetfull of the hanging victory : So stood ...
Page 31
... fight . XLI ' Ah dearest Dame , ' quoth then the Paynim Pardon the error of enraged wight , [ bold , Whome great griefe made forgett the raines to hold Of reasons rule , to see this recreaunt knight , No knight , but treachour full of ...
... fight . XLI ' Ah dearest Dame , ' quoth then the Paynim Pardon the error of enraged wight , [ bold , Whome great griefe made forgett the raines to hold Of reasons rule , to see this recreaunt knight , No knight , but treachour full of ...
Page 33
... fight . He started up , and did him selfe prepayre [ way , Both stricken stryke , and beaten both doe beat , In sunbright armes , and battailous array ; That from their shields forth flyeth firie light , For with that Pagan proud he ...
... fight . He started up , and did him selfe prepayre [ way , Both stricken stryke , and beaten both doe beat , In sunbright armes , and battailous array ; That from their shields forth flyeth firie light , For with that Pagan proud he ...
Page 43
... fight againe , new breathed and entire . XLY " So fiersly , when these knights had breathed once , They gan to fight retourne , increasing more Their puissant force , and cruell rage attonce , With heaped strokes more hugely then before ...
... fight againe , new breathed and entire . XLY " So fiersly , when these knights had breathed once , They gan to fight retourne , increasing more Their puissant force , and cruell rage attonce , With heaped strokes more hugely then before ...
Page 49
... fight : Who slayes the Gyaunt , wounds the beast , And strips Duessa quight . That when the knight beheld , his mightie shild Upon. That brought not backe the balefull body dead : In which him chaunced false Duessa meete , Mine onely foe ...
... fight : Who slayes the Gyaunt , wounds the beast , And strips Duessa quight . That when the knight beheld , his mightie shild Upon. That brought not backe the balefull body dead : In which him chaunced false Duessa meete , Mine onely foe ...
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