The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser: With Memoir and Critical Dissertations, Volume 2J. Nichol, 1859 |
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... lady , Colin woos to no purpose , she preferring Menalcas , another shepherd . Now , who is Rosalind ? " E. K. " asserts , that although she is spoken of as a lowly maiden , she was in reality " a gentle- woman , of no mean house , nor ...
... lady , Colin woos to no purpose , she preferring Menalcas , another shepherd . Now , who is Rosalind ? " E. K. " asserts , that although she is spoken of as a lowly maiden , she was in reality " a gentle- woman , of no mean house , nor ...
Page xix
... lady , and had wedded her on St Barnabas ' Day — i.e . , the 11th of June 1594. Much disputation has arisen , as on almost every other point of Spenser's story , about the rank of Spenser's wife . Todd makes her a girl of mean birth ...
... lady , and had wedded her on St Barnabas ' Day — i.e . , the 11th of June 1594. Much disputation has arisen , as on almost every other point of Spenser's story , about the rank of Spenser's wife . Todd makes her a girl of mean birth ...
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... Lady's throne , And what she was that did so high aspire ? Him Mammon answered ; ' That goodly one , Whom all that folk with such contention Do flock about , my dear , my daughter is : Honour and dignity from her alone Derived are , and ...
... Lady's throne , And what she was that did so high aspire ? Him Mammon answered ; ' That goodly one , Whom all that folk with such contention Do flock about , my dear , my daughter is : Honour and dignity from her alone Derived are , and ...
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... lady late , That to remove the same I have no might : To change love causeless is reproach to warlike knight . ' LI . Mammon emmoved was with inward wrath ; Yet , forcing it to feign , him forth thence led , Through grisly shadows by a ...
... lady late , That to remove the same I have no might : To change love causeless is reproach to warlike knight . ' LI . Mammon emmoved was with inward wrath ; Yet , forcing it to feign , him forth thence led , Through grisly shadows by a ...
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... ladies mind their merry glee . VII . Whom when the palmer saw , abash'd he was Through fear and wonder , that he nought could say , Till him the child2 bespoke ; Long lack'd , alas , Hath been thy faithful aid in hard assay ! 3 Whiles ...
... ladies mind their merry glee . VII . Whom when the palmer saw , abash'd he was Through fear and wonder , that he nought could say , Till him the child2 bespoke ; Long lack'd , alas , Hath been thy faithful aid in hard assay ! 3 Whiles ...
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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 Ne¹ 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