The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser: With Memoir and Critical Dissertations, Volume 3J. Nichol, 1859 |
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... hard it was to ween which harder were . Full many mighty strokes on either side Were sent , that seemed death in them to bear ; But they were both so watchful and well ey'd , That they avoided were , and vainly by did slide . VIII . Yet ...
... hard it was to ween which harder were . Full many mighty strokes on either side Were sent , that seemed death in them to bear ; But they were both so watchful and well ey'd , That they avoided were , and vainly by did slide . VIII . Yet ...
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... hard to be descried : For all his armour was like savage weed2 With woody moss bedight , 3 and all his steed With oaken leaves attrapt , that seemed fit For savage wight , and thereto well agreed His word , 5 which on his ragged shield ...
... hard to be descried : For all his armour was like savage weed2 With woody moss bedight , 3 and all his steed With oaken leaves attrapt , that seemed fit For savage wight , and thereto well agreed His word , 5 which on his ragged shield ...
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... hard this idol 1 was to be ared , 2 That Florimell herself in all men's view She seem'd to pass : so forged things do fairest shew . XVI . Then was that golden belt by doom of all Granted to her , as to the fairest dame . Which being ...
... hard this idol 1 was to be ared , 2 That Florimell herself in all men's view She seem'd to pass : so forged things do fairest shew . XVI . Then was that golden belt by doom of all Granted to her , as to the fairest dame . Which being ...
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... hard adventures and strange haps to tell ; Since with the rest she went not after Florimell . XXIX . For soon as she them saw to discord set , Her list no longer in that place abide ; But , taking with her lovely Amoret , Upon her first ...
... hard adventures and strange haps to tell ; Since with the rest she went not after Florimell . XXIX . For soon as she them saw to discord set , Her list no longer in that place abide ; But , taking with her lovely Amoret , Upon her first ...
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... hard adventure yet in quest , 1 Fit time for him thence to depart it found , To follow that which he did long propound ; And unto her his congè2 came to take : But her therewith full sore displeas'd he found , And loath to leave her ...
... hard adventure yet in quest , 1 Fit time for him thence to depart it found , To follow that which he did long propound ; And unto her his congè2 came to take : But her therewith full sore displeas'd he found , And loath to leave her ...
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abide Amongst Amoret arms bear beheld Belphoebe Blandamour blood bold Britomart brought Cambell CANTO Chrysaor cruel dame damsel dear dismay'd dost doth dreadful EDMUND SPENSER Eftsoons Elfin Knight evermore eyes Faerie Queene fair fairest fast fear fell fiercely fight Florimell forc'd force former foul Gainst gentle Geryon glad goodly grace Grantorto grief guile hand hath heart heaven honour inly iron knights lady lady's late light maid Marinell mighty mighty heart mind Neptune nigh noble nought Orthrus pain Paridell peril Pity Prince Proteus quoth rage rest Revolt of Islam Satyrane Scudamour seem'd shame shew shield sight Sir Artegall sith soon sore spear Spenser sprite squire steed straight stroke sword Talus thee thence thereof thereto therewith thou thought thrall Triamond unto warlike ween whenas whilst wight wise wont wound wrath wretched wrong XXXIII
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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.