The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser: With Memoir and Critical Dissertations, Volume 2J. Nichol, 1859 |
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Page xvii
... land in blood . On the whole , Spenser was a banished man ; and although he had not been exiled , like Ovid , by the decree of an Emperor , nor , like Byron , forced to leave his country by the clamour of an angry nation ; and although ...
... land in blood . On the whole , Spenser was a banished man ; and although he had not been exiled , like Ovid , by the decree of an Emperor , nor , like Byron , forced to leave his country by the clamour of an angry nation ; and although ...
Page xix
... land with his neighbours , which need not be de- tailed , as they tend to cast no credit on his character . Indeed , some will have it that he was improvident and rapacious , and that owing to this , the people near Kilcolman entertain ...
... land with his neighbours , which need not be de- tailed , as they tend to cast no credit on his character . Indeed , some will have it that he was improvident and rapacious , and that owing to this , the people near Kilcolman entertain ...
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... land . ' IX . ' Gramercy , 2 Sir , ' said he ; but mote I weet 3 What strange adventure do ye now pursue ? Perhaps my succour or advisement meet 4 Might stead you much your purpose to subdue . ' Then gan Sir Guyon all the story shew Of ...
... land . ' IX . ' Gramercy , 2 Sir , ' said he ; but mote I weet 3 What strange adventure do ye now pursue ? Perhaps my succour or advisement meet 4 Might stead you much your purpose to subdue . ' Then gan Sir Guyon all the story shew Of ...
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... land's first conquest did devise , And old division into regiments 2 Till it reduced was to one man's governments . LX . Sir Guyon chanc'd eke on another book , That hight Antiquity of Faery Lond : In which whenas he greedily did look ...
... land's first conquest did devise , And old division into regiments 2 Till it reduced was to one man's governments . LX . Sir Guyon chanc'd eke on another book , That hight Antiquity of Faery Lond : In which whenas he greedily did look ...
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... book they were in order told . V. The land which warlike Britons now possess , And therein have their mighty empire rais'd , 1 Not . 2 Musical instru- ment . Sceptre . 1 Nor . 2 Poised . 3 Lived . 4 I 59 C. X. THE FAERIE QUEENE .
... book they were in order told . V. The land which warlike Britons now possess , And therein have their mighty empire rais'd , 1 Not . 2 Musical instru- ment . Sceptre . 1 Nor . 2 Poised . 3 Lived . 4 I 59 C. X. THE FAERIE QUEENE .
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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...