The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser: With Memoir and Critical Dissertations, Volume 3J. Nichol, 1859 |
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... pains . " Hence , the " Revolt of Islam " is rather a great lyric poem , cast into the Spenserian shape , than a romantic epic . Yet we confess to have found in its first and last cantos , particularly the latter , where he paints the ...
... pains . " Hence , the " Revolt of Islam " is rather a great lyric poem , cast into the Spenserian shape , than a romantic epic . Yet we confess to have found in its first and last cantos , particularly the latter , where he paints the ...
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... pain ; This now be yours ; God send you better gain ! ' Whose scoffed words he taking half in scorn , Fiercely forth prick'd his steed as in disdain . 1 Immedi- ately . 2 Address- ed . 3 Recent . Against that knight , ere he him well ...
... pain ; This now be yours ; God send you better gain ! ' Whose scoffed words he taking half in scorn , Fiercely forth prick'd his steed as in disdain . 1 Immedi- ately . 2 Address- ed . 3 Recent . Against that knight , ere he him well ...
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... pains wouldst But not so easy will I her forsake ; This hand her won , this hand shall her defend . ' With that they gan their shivering2 spears to shake , 1 Journey- ed . 2 Quiver- ing . 1 Armour covering the chest . 2 Encoun- ter . C ...
... pains wouldst But not so easy will I her forsake ; This hand her won , this hand shall her defend . ' With that they gan their shivering2 spears to shake , 1 Journey- ed . 2 Quiver- ing . 1 Armour covering the chest . 2 Encoun- ter . C ...
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... pains ; That shall you win more glory , than ye here find gains . ' XXVIII . When they the reason of his words had heard , They gan abate the rancour of their rage , And with their honour's and their love's regard The furious flames of ...
... pains ; That shall you win more glory , than ye here find gains . ' XXVIII . When they the reason of his words had heard , They gan abate the rancour of their rage , And with their honour's and their love's regard The furious flames of ...
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... pain , That cruel Atropos eftsoons undid , With cursed knife cutting the twist in twain : Most wretched men , whose days depend on threads so vain ! XLIX . She , them saluting there , by them sat still Beholding how the threads of life ...
... pain , That cruel Atropos eftsoons undid , With cursed knife cutting the twist in twain : Most wretched men , whose days depend on threads so vain ! XLIX . She , them saluting there , by them sat still Beholding how the threads of life ...
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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.