The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser: With Memoir and Critical Dissertations, Volume 3J. Nichol, 1859 |
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... face of Una " Made a sunshine in the shady place , " so the darkest depths of sin , which are here and there sounded , seem sanctified by the pervading spirit of the holy song . And yet Spenser's great power lies in his command over the ...
... face of Una " Made a sunshine in the shady place , " so the darkest depths of sin , which are here and there sounded , seem sanctified by the pervading spirit of the holy song . And yet Spenser's great power lies in his command over the ...
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... face ? ' He looked back , and , her avising3 well , Ween'd , as he said , by that her outward grace That fairest Florimell was present there in place . XXIII . Glad man was he to see that joyous sight , For none alive but joy'd in ...
... face ? ' He looked back , and , her avising3 well , Ween'd , as he said , by that her outward grace That fairest Florimell was present there in place . XXIII . Glad man was he to see that joyous sight , For none alive but joy'd in ...
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... face She list3 discover , and of goodly stature ; But she , as Fays are wont , in privy place [ space . Roam . Did spend her days , and lov'd in forests wild to XLV . There on a day a noble youthly knight , Seeking adventures in the ...
... face She list3 discover , and of goodly stature ; But she , as Fays are wont , in privy place [ space . Roam . Did spend her days , and lov'd in forests wild to XLV . There on a day a noble youthly knight , Seeking adventures in the ...
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... face . For , since the day that they created been , So many heavenly faces were not seen Assembled in one place : ne hes that thought For Chian folk to pourtray Beauty's queen , By view of all the fairest to him brought , So many fair ...
... face . For , since the day that they created been , So many heavenly faces were not seen Assembled in one place : ne hes that thought For Chian folk to pourtray Beauty's queen , By view of all the fairest to him brought , So many fair ...
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... face appear , [ blent ; Blinded . Besmear'd with smoke that nigh his eye - sight With rugged beard , and hoary shagged heare , 7 The which he never wont to comb , or comely shear . XXXV . Rude was his garment , and to rags all rent , Ne ...
... face appear , [ blent ; Blinded . Besmear'd with smoke that nigh his eye - sight With rugged beard , and hoary shagged heare , 7 The which he never wont to comb , or comely shear . XXXV . Rude was his garment , and to rags all rent , Ne ...
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Amongst appear arms Artegall bear better blood bold brought CANTO cause cruel dear death doth dreadful earth eyes face fair fall false fear fell field fiercely fight Florimell force former fortune foul gentle glad goodly grace ground hand hard hath head hear heard heart heaven iron justice knights lady land late light living look means mighty mind never nigh noble nought once pain pass peril plain Prince Queene rage ready rest seek seem'd seemed seen shame shield side sight soon sore spear squire stood straight stroke strong sure tell thence thereof things thou thought Till took true turn unto whenas wight wise wont wound wretched wrong
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Page xix - I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low ; And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him ; he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.
Page 59 - Right fit to rend the food on which he fared. His name was Care ; a blacksmith by his trade, That neither day nor night from working spared, But to small purpose yron wedges made ; Those be unquiet thoughts that carefull minds invade.
Page ix - ... of every climate. Oranges may grow wild in it; myrrh may be met with in every hedge ; and if he thinks it proper to have a grove of spices, he can quickly command sun enough to raise it. If all this will not furnish out...
Page 196 - In vain therefore dost thou now take in hand To call to count, or weigh his works anew, Whose counsels...
Page vi - Of allegory properly handled, judiciously subdued, seen only as a shadow or by suggestive glimpses, and making its nearest approach to truth in a not obtrusive and therefore not unpleasant appositeness, the Undine of De La Motte Fouque is the best, and undoubtedly a very remarkable specimen.
Page viii - The Laurel, meed of mighty conquerors And poets sage, the Fir that weepeth still, The Willow, worn of forlorn paramours, The Yew obedient to the bender's will, The Birch for shafts, the Sallow for the mill, The...
Page 49 - IT hath been through all ages ever seen, That with the praise of arms and chivalry The prize of beauty still hath joined been; And that for reasons...
Page 196 - Doe eate the earth, it is no more at all; Ne is the earth the lesse, or loseth ought, For whatsoever from one place doth fall Is with the tide unto another brought : For there is nothing lost, that may be found if sought.
Page 273 - NOUGHT under Heaven so strongly doth allure The sense of man, and all his mind possess, As Beauty's love-bait.
Page 197 - Or weigh the thought that from mans mind doth flow But if the weight of these thou canst not show, Weigh but one word which from thy lips doth fall : For how canst thou those greater secrets know, That doest not know the least thing of them all ? Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach the small.