The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser: With Memoir and Critical Dissertations, Volume 2J. Nichol, 1859 |
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... hear of Samuel , the poet , residing in the north . He was educated in Oxford , held an office under the Court at London , and died at Becking- ton in his native shire . So that thus the mask still conceals the face of the fair jilt ...
... hear of Samuel , the poet , residing in the north . He was educated in Oxford , held an office under the Court at London , and died at Becking- ton in his native shire . So that thus the mask still conceals the face of the fair jilt ...
Page xvi
... hear nothing definite or certain about his history from the above date till the year 1586 , when he obtained from the Queen a grant of 3028 acres in the county of Cork , being part of the forfeited estate of the Earl of Desmond . The ...
... hear nothing definite or certain about his history from the above date till the year 1586 , when he obtained from the Queen a grant of 3028 acres in the county of Cork , being part of the forfeited estate of the Earl of Desmond . The ...
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... hear'st : but well I wote , That of his puissance trial made extreme : Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem ; Ne all good knights that shake well spear and shield : The worth of all men by their end esteem ; And then due praise or ...
... hear'st : but well I wote , That of his puissance trial made extreme : Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem ; Ne all good knights that shake well spear and shield : The worth of all men by their end esteem ; And then due praise or ...
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... hear him roar : So rag'd Prince Arthur twixt his foemen twain , That neither could his mighty puissance sustain . XLIII . But ever at Pyrochles when he smit , ( Who Guyon's shield cast ever him before , Whereon the Faery Queen's ...
... hear him roar : So rag'd Prince Arthur twixt his foemen twain , That neither could his mighty puissance sustain . XLIII . But ever at Pyrochles when he smit , ( Who Guyon's shield cast ever him before , Whereon the Faery Queen's ...
Page 79
... hear The royal offspring of his native land , Cried out ; ' Dear country ! O how dearly dear Ought thy remembrance and perpetual band Be to thy foster child , that from thy hand Did common breath and nouriture6 receive ! How brutish is ...
... hear The royal offspring of his native land , Cried out ; ' Dear country ! O how dearly dear Ought thy remembrance and perpetual band Be to thy foster child , that from thy hand Did common breath and nouriture6 receive ! How brutish is ...
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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