The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser: With Memoir and Critical Dissertations, Volume 2J. Nichol, 1859 |
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... brought letters to the Queen's Majesty from Sir Henry Norris , her Majesty's ambassador in France , being at Thouars in the same realm ; " but surely , if it was the poet who was thus employed , he must have been older than sixteen . We ...
... brought letters to the Queen's Majesty from Sir Henry Norris , her Majesty's ambassador in France , being at Thouars in the same realm ; " but surely , if it was the poet who was thus employed , he must have been older than sixteen . We ...
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... thought . At last him to a little door he brought , That to the gate of hell , which gaped wide , Was next adjoining , ne 5 them parted ought : Betwixt them both was but a little stride , [ 8 B. II . SPENSER'S POETICAL WORKS .
... thought . At last him to a little door he brought , That to the gate of hell , which gaped wide , Was next adjoining , ne 5 them parted ought : Betwixt them both was but a little stride , [ 8 B. II . SPENSER'S POETICAL WORKS .
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... brought Unto another room , whose door forthright To him did open as it had been taught : Therein an hundred ranges weren pight , 5 An hundred furnaces all burning bright ; By every furnace many fiends did bide , Deformed creatures ...
... brought Unto another room , whose door forthright To him did open as it had been taught : Therein an hundred ranges weren pight , 5 An hundred furnaces all burning bright ; By every furnace many fiends did bide , Deformed creatures ...
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... brought him , through a darksome narrow strait , To a broad gate all built of beaten gold : The gate was open ; but therein did wait A sturdy villain , striding stiff and bold , As if the Highest God defy he would : In his right hand an ...
... brought him , through a darksome narrow strait , To a broad gate all built of beaten gold : The gate was open ; but therein did wait A sturdy villain , striding stiff and bold , As if the Highest God defy he would : In his right hand an ...
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... brought him in . The room was large and wide As it some guild or solemn temple were ; Many great golden pillars did upbear The massy roof , and riches huge sustain ; And every pillar decked was full dear 8 With crowns , and diadems ...
... brought him in . The room was large and wide As it some guild or solemn temple were ; Many great golden pillars did upbear The massy roof , and riches huge sustain ; And every pillar decked was full dear 8 With crowns , and diadems ...
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adown amongst arms beast behold Belphoebe blood bold Britomart Britons brought called CANTO Churl Corineus courser cruel dame damsel daughter deadly dear death deeds delight dismay'd doth dreadful Edmund Spenser Eftsoons Elfin Knight ensample espied evermore eyes Faerie Queene Faery Knight fair fair ladies false fast fear fell fierce flame fled Florimell foul Gabriel Harvey gentle golden goodly grace grief ground Guyon hand haste hath heart heaven heavenly honour huge king knight lady late light Locrine lust maid Mammon mighty mortal NeĀ¹ never nigh noble nought nymph pain palmer Paridell poet praise Prince quoth rest Satyrane secret seem'd shame shield sight Sith sleep soon sore sorrow spear Spenser sprite squire steed strange sweet thee thence things thou unto unwares vile wanton warlike weary ween whenas wicked wondrous wound wretched XXVII XXXIII