The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser: With Memoir and Critical Dissertations, Volume 2J. Nichol, 1859 |
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... wight , Of grisly hue and foul ill - favour'd sight ; [ blear'd , His face with smoke was tann'd , and eyes were His head and beard with soot were ill bedight , 5 His coal - black hands did seem to have been sear'd In smith's fire ...
... wight , Of grisly hue and foul ill - favour'd sight ; [ blear'd , His face with smoke was tann'd , and eyes were His head and beard with soot were ill bedight , 5 His coal - black hands did seem to have been sear'd In smith's fire ...
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... wight they present saw Glist'ring in arms and battailous array , From their hot work they did themselves withdraw To wonder at the sight ; for , till that day , They never creature saw that came that way : Their staring eyes sparkling ...
... wight they present saw Glist'ring in arms and battailous array , From their hot work they did themselves withdraw To wonder at the sight ; for , till that day , They never creature saw that came that way : Their staring eyes sparkling ...
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... wight that wonneth 5 under sky , But that this darksome nether world her light Doth dim with horror and deformity , envy Worthy of heaven and high felicity , From whence the gods have her for thrust : But , sith 6 thou hast found favour ...
... wight that wonneth 5 under sky , But that this darksome nether world her light Doth dim with horror and deformity , envy Worthy of heaven and high felicity , From whence the gods have her for thrust : But , sith 6 thou hast found favour ...
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... wight , Unworthy match for such immortal mate Myself well wote , 1 and mine unequal fate : And were I not , yet is my troth yplight , 2 And love avow'd to other lady late , That to remove the same I have no might : To change love ...
... wight , Unworthy match for such immortal mate Myself well wote , 1 and mine unequal fate : And were I not , yet is my troth yplight , 2 And love avow'd to other lady late , That to remove the same I have no might : To change love ...
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... wight Like ever saw , but they from hence were sold ; 3 For those , which Hercules with conquest bold Got from great Atlas ' daughters , hence began , And planted there did bring forth fruit of gold ; And those , with which th ' Euboean ...
... wight Like ever saw , but they from hence were sold ; 3 For those , which Hercules with conquest bold Got from great Atlas ' daughters , hence began , And planted there did bring forth fruit of gold ; And those , with which th ' Euboean ...
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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