The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser: With Memoir and Critical Dissertations, Volume 2J. Nichol, 1859 |
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... doth longer unto me appear , Than all those forty which my life outwent . Then , by that course which lovers ' books invent , The sphere of Cupid forty years contains , Which I have wasted in long languishment . " The meaning of these ...
... doth longer unto me appear , Than all those forty which my life outwent . Then , by that course which lovers ' books invent , The sphere of Cupid forty years contains , Which I have wasted in long languishment . " The meaning of these ...
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... doth foully blend And low abase the high heroic sprite , That joys for crowns and kingdoms to contend ; Fair shields , gay steeds , bright arms , be my delight ; Those be the riches fit for an advent'rous knight . ' XI . " Vain ...
... doth foully blend And low abase the high heroic sprite , That joys for crowns and kingdoms to contend ; Fair shields , gay steeds , bright arms , be my delight ; Those be the riches fit for an advent'rous knight . ' XI . " Vain ...
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... doth cross , And in frail wood on Adrian gulf doth fleet , Doth not , I ween , so many evils meet . ' ˇ [ said , Then Mammon waxing wroth ; And why then , ' Are mortal men so fond and undiscreet So evil thing to seek unto their aid ...
... doth cross , And in frail wood on Adrian gulf doth fleet , Doth not , I ween , so many evils meet . ' ˇ [ said , Then Mammon waxing wroth ; And why then , ' Are mortal men so fond and undiscreet So evil thing to seek unto their aid ...
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... doth herself suffice , Such superfluities they would despise , Which with sad cares impeach1 our native joys . At the well - head the purest streams arise ; But mucky 2 filth his branching arms annoys , And with uncomely weeds the ...
... doth herself suffice , Such superfluities they would despise , Which with sad cares impeach1 our native joys . At the well - head the purest streams arise ; But mucky 2 filth his branching arms annoys , And with uncomely weeds the ...
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... Doth dim with horror and deformity , Worthy of heaven and high felicity , 6 From whence the gods have her for envy thrust : But , sith thou hast found favour in mine eye , Thy spouse I will her make , if that thou lust ; 7 That she may ...
... Doth dim with horror and deformity , Worthy of heaven and high felicity , 6 From whence the gods have her for envy thrust : But , sith thou hast found favour in mine eye , Thy spouse I will her make , if that thou lust ; 7 That she may ...
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amongst arms beast behold blood bold Britomart Britons brought called CANTO Churl Corineus courser cruel dame damsel daughter deadly dear death deeds delight dismay'd doth dreadful Edmund Spenser Eftsoons Elfin Knight ensample espied evermore eyes Faerie Queene Faery Knight fair fair ladies false fast fear fell fierce flame fled Florimell foul Gabriel Harvey gentle golden goodly grace grief ground Guyon hand haste hath heart heaven heavenly honour huge Jupiter king knight lady late light Locrine lust maid Mammon mighty mortal Neš never nigh noble nought nymph pain palmer Paridell poet praise Prince quoth rest Satyrane secret seem'd shame shield sight Sith sleep soon sore sorrow spear Spenser sprite squire steed strange sweet thee thence things thou twixt unto unwares vile wanton warlike weary ween whenas wicked wondrous wound wretched XLIII XXVII XXXVIII
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Page 22 - O th' exceeding grace Of highest God ! that loves his creatures so, And all his works with mercy doth embrace, That blessed angels he sends to and fro, To serve to wicked man, to serve his wicked foe. " How oft do they their silver bowers leave To come to succour us, that succour want ? How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting skies, like flying pursuivant Against foul fiends, to aid us militant? They for us fight, they watch and duly ward, And their bright squadrons round about us...
Page 119 - Eftsoones they heard a most melodious sound, Of all that mote delight a dainty ear, Such as at once might not on living ground, Save in this paradise, be heard elsewhere : Right hard it was for wight which did it hear, To...
Page xv - If so be the Faerye Queene be fairer in your eie than the Nine Muses, and Hobgoblin runne away with the Garland from Apollo: Marke what I saye, and yet I will not say that I thought, but there an End for this once, and fare you well, till God or some good Aungell putte you in a better minde (Ibid., pp.
Page 22 - Of men than beasts ; but oh ! the exceeding grace Of highest God ! that loves his creatures so, And all his works with mercy doth embrace. That blessed angels he sends to and fro, To serve to wicked man, to serve his wicked foe.
Page 109 - All those, and all that els does horror breed, About them flew, and fild their sayles with feare : Yet stayd they not, but forward did proceed, Whiles th...
Page 120 - Ah see, whoso fair thing dost fain to see, In springing flower the image of thy day; Ah see the virgin rose, how sweetly she Doth first peep forth with bashful modesty, That fairer seems, the less ye see her may; Lo see soon after, how more bold and free Her bared bosom she doth broad display; Lo see soon after, how she fades, and falls away.
Page 17 - Cypresse grew in greatest store, And trees of bitter Gall, and Heben sad ; Dead sleeping Poppy, and black Hellebore ; Cold Coloquintida, and Tetra mad ; Mortal! Samnitis, and Cicuta bad, With which th...
Page 345 - With matchlesse eares deformed and distort, Fild with false rumors and seditious trouble, Bred in assemblies of the vulgar sort, •That still are led with every light report: And as her eares, so eke her feet were odde, And much unlike ; th' one long, the other short, And both misplast; that, when th
Page viii - At length they all to merry London came, To merry London, my most kindly nurse, That to me gave this life's first native source, Though from another place I take my name. An house of ancient fame: There when they came whereas those bricky towers The which on Thames
Page 120 - So passeth in the passing of a day Of mortal life the leaf, the bud, the flower: Ne more doth flourish after first decay, That erst was sought to deck both bed and bower Of many a lady and many a paramour! Gather therefore the rose whilst yet is prime. For soon comes age that will her pride deflower; Gather the rose of love whilst yet is time, Whilst loving thou mayst loved be with equal crime...