The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser: With Memoir and Critical Dissertations, Volume 3J. Nichol, 1859 |
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... stroke astonish'd sore , Upon the ground awhile in slumber lay ; The whiles his love away the other bore , And , showing her , did Paridell upbray , ' Lo ! sluggish knight , the victor's happy prey ! So fortune friends the bold . ' Whom ...
... stroke astonish'd sore , Upon the ground awhile in slumber lay ; The whiles his love away the other bore , And , showing her , did Paridell upbray , ' Lo ! sluggish knight , the victor's happy prey ! So fortune friends the bold . ' Whom ...
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... 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 one , of many , was so strongly bent7 By Priamond , that ...
... 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 one , of many , was so strongly bent7 By Priamond , that ...
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... strokes , that mortally were meant , The whiles were interchanged twixt them two ; Yet they were all with so good ... stroke , in case it had arrived Where it was meant , ( so deadly it was meant , ) The soul had sure out of his body ...
... strokes , that mortally were meant , The whiles were interchanged twixt them two ; Yet they were all with so good ... stroke , in case it had arrived Where it was meant , ( so deadly it was meant , ) The soul had sure out of his body ...
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... strokes , which he at him let fly As thick as hail forth poured from the sky : He struck , he sous'd , he foin'd , 1 he hew'd , he lash'd , And did his iron brand so fast apply , That from the same the fiery sparkles flash'd , As fast ...
... strokes , which he at him let fly As thick as hail forth poured from the sky : He struck , he sous'd , he foin'd , 1 he hew'd , he lash'd , And did his iron brand so fast apply , That from the same the fiery sparkles flash'd , As fast ...
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... stroke kept on his way , And , falling heavy on Cambello's crest , Struck him so hugely that in swoon he lay , And in his head an hideous wound imprest : And sure , had it not happily found rest Upon the brim of his broad - plated ...
... stroke kept on his way , And , falling heavy on Cambello's crest , Struck him so hugely that in swoon he lay , And in his head an hideous wound imprest : And sure , had it not happily found rest Upon the brim of his broad - plated ...
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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.