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Edmund Spenser, Caroline Matilda Kirkland. ER ALIFORNIA LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFOR CA LIBRARY OF. Front Cover.
Edmund Spenser, Caroline Matilda Kirkland. ER ALIFORNIA LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFOR CA LIBRARY OF. Front Cover.
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Edmund Spenser, Caroline Matilda Kirkland. ALIFORNIA LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFOR CA LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFOR FORNIA JAL LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA CA ORNIA CA LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA VIN ...
Edmund Spenser, Caroline Matilda Kirkland. ALIFORNIA LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFOR CA LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFOR FORNIA JAL LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA CA ORNIA CA LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA VIN ...
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Edmund Spenser, Caroline Matilda Kirkland. JA 1 WILEY & PUTNAM'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BOOKS . SPENSER.
Edmund Spenser, Caroline Matilda Kirkland. JA 1 WILEY & PUTNAM'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BOOKS . SPENSER.
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Edmund Spenser, Caroline Matilda Kirkland. 1 WILEY & PUTNAM'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BOOKS . SPENSER AND.
Edmund Spenser, Caroline Matilda Kirkland. 1 WILEY & PUTNAM'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BOOKS . SPENSER AND.
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adamant rock adown allegory Archimago arms baleful beast behold blood CALIFORN CANTO corse courser cruel cursed dame deadly dear death delight dight dismay'd doth double echo dreadful earth earthly Edmund Spenser Eftsoons elfin knight eyes Faery Faëry Queen fair fair lady fall false Duessa fast fear feeble fell fierce foul Gabriel Harvey gentle Gloriane goodly grace grief ground hand haste hath heart heaven heavenly hight holy honor House of Pride lady late light living wight lord mighty never nigh noble nought pain poem poet poetry pride prince proud quoth rage Redcross knight Saracen seem'd Shakspeare shield Sidney sight sinful bands sire sore sorrow Spenser spright steed sweet thee thence Therewith thou trembling UNIVERS UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA unto wandring weary ween whenas wise woful wondrous wont words wound wrath wretched XXXII
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Page 15 - Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What hell it is, in suing long to bide ; To lose good days that might be better spent : To waste long nights in pensive discontent ; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow...
Page 76 - The lion would not leave her desolate, But with her went along, as a strong guard Of her chaste person, and a faithful mate Of her sad troubles and misfortunes hard ; Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward ; And, when she wak'd he waited diligent, With humble service to her will prepar'd : From her fair eyes he took command e'ment, And ever by her looks conceived her intent.
Page 44 - Crosse he bore, The deare remembrance of his dying Lord, For whose sweete sake that glorious badge he wore, And dead, as living, ever him ador'd : Upon his shield the like was also scor'd, For soveraine hope which in his helpe he had.
Page 31 - AND is there care in heaven ? and is there love In heavenly spirits to these creatures base, That may compassion of their evils move ? There is...
Page 15 - Fulke Greville, servant to Queen Elizabeth, counsellor to King James, and friend to Sir Philip Sidney.
Page 17 - to represent all the moral virtues, assigning to every virtue a Knight to be the patron and defender of the same, in whose actions and feats of arms and chivalry the operations of that virtue, whereof he is the protector, are to be expressed, and the vices and unruly appetites that oppose themselves against the same, to be beaten down and overcome.
Page 55 - No other noise, nor people's troublous cries, As still are wont t' annoy the walled town, Might there be heard ; but careless Quiet lies, Wrapt in eternal silence, far from enemies.
Page 48 - A litle glooming light, much like a shade, By which he saw the ugly monster plaine, Halfe like a serpent horribly displaide, But th' other halfe did womans shape retaine, Most lothsom, filthie, foule, and full of vile disdaine.
Page 41 - What thou art, we know not ; What is most like thee ? From rainbow clouds there flow not Drops so bright to see, As from thy presence showers a rain of melody.
Page 74 - One day, nigh weary of the irksome way, From her unhasty beast she did alight, And on the grass her dainty limbs did lay In secret shadow, far from all men's sight ; From her fair head her fillet she undight, And laid her stole aside.