The laurell, meed of mightie conquerours And poets sage ; the firre that weepeth still ; The willow, worne of forlorne paramours; The eugh, obedient to the benders will; The birch for shaftes; the sallow for the mill... Selections from Spenser's The Faerie Queene - Page 3by Edmund Spenser - 1905 - 179 pagesFull view - About this book
| Edmund Spenser - Epic poetry, English - 1758 - 800 pages
...the fallow for the mill, The mirrhe fweete-bleeding in the bitter wound, The warlike beech, the afh for nothing ill, The fruitfull olive, and the platane round, The carver holme, the maple feeldom inward found. X. Led with delight they thus beguile the way, Untill the bluftring... | |
| Thomas Warton - Criticism, Textual - 1762 - 264 pages
...the fallow for the mill, The myrrhe fweet-bleeding in the bitter wound. The warlike beech, the afh for nothing ill, The fruitfull olive, and the platane round, The carver holme, the maple fildom inward found. Ovid *, Senecaf, Lucanf, Statius ยง, and Claudjan |[, have all... | |
| British essayists - 1802 - 266 pages
...obedient to the bender's will, The birch for shafts, the sallow for the mill: The myrrhe sweet, bleeding in the bitter wound, The war-like beech, the ash, for nothing ill, The fruitful olive, and the plantane round, The carver holm, the maple seldom inward sound." ' I shall... | |
| English literature - 1803 - 408 pages
...obedient to the bender's will, The birch for bhafts, the sallow for the mil! ; The myrrhe sweet, bleeding in the bitter wound, The warlike beech, the ash, for nothing ill, The fruitful olive, and the plantane round, The carver holm, the maple seldom inward sound. ' I shall trouble... | |
| Edmund Spenser - 1805 - 452 pages
...the fallow for the mill; The mirrhe fweete-bleeding in the bitter wound ; The warlike beech ; the am for nothing ill ; The fruitfull olive ; and the platane round ; The carver holme ; the maple feeldom inward found. x. Led with delight* they thus beguile the way, Untill the... | |
| Edmund Spenser - English poetry - 1805 - 446 pages
...fhaftes ; the fallow for the mill ; The mirrhe fweete-bleeding in the bitter The warlike beech ; the am for nothing ill ; ' The fruitfull olive ; and the platane round ; The carver holme ; the maple leeldom inward found. X, Led with delight, they thus beguile the way, Untill the... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 274 pages
...obedient to the bender's will, The birch for shafts, the sallow for the mill : The myrrhe sweet, bleeding in the bitter wound, The war-like beech, the ash, for nothing ill, The fruitful olive, and the plantane round, The carver holm, the maple seldom inward sound." ' I shall... | |
| Poetical narratives - English poetry - 1810 - 330 pages
...mightie conquerours And poets sage, the firre that weepeth still, The willow worne of forlorne paramours, The eugh obedient to the benders will, The birch for...fruitfull olive, and the platane round, The carver holme, the maple seeldom inward sound. Led with delight they thus beguile the way, Untill the blustring... | |
| Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - English literature - 1816 - 414 pages
...obedient to the bender's will ; The Birch for shafts ; the Sallow for the mill; The Myrrh sweet-bleeding in the bitter wound ; The warlike Beech; the Ash, for nothing ill'; The fruitful Olive, and the Platane round; The carver Holm ; the Maple, seldom inward sound. SPENSE& THE... | |
| James Ferguson - English essays - 1819 - 274 pages
...worn of forlorn paramours, The birch for shafts, the sallow for the mill: The myrrhe sweet, bleeding in the bitter wound, The war-like beech, the ash, for nothing ill, The fruitful olive, and the plantane round, The carver holm, the maple seldom inward sound." ' I shall... | |
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