The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5William Pickering, 1839 - English poetry |
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... beautie cleare , The ravisht hearts of gazefull men might reare To admiration of that heavenly light , From whence proceeds such soule - enchanting might . Therto do thou , great Goddesse ! Queene of Beauty , Mother of Love , and of all ...
... beautie cleare , The ravisht hearts of gazefull men might reare To admiration of that heavenly light , From whence proceeds such soule - enchanting might . Therto do thou , great Goddesse ! Queene of Beauty , Mother of Love , and of all ...
Page 13
... Beautie , which all men adore ; Whose face and feature doth so much excell All mortal sence , that none the same may tell . Thereof as every earthly thing partakes Or more or lesse , by influence divine , So it more faire accordingly it ...
... Beautie , which all men adore ; Whose face and feature doth so much excell All mortal sence , that none the same may tell . Thereof as every earthly thing partakes Or more or lesse , by influence divine , So it more faire accordingly it ...
Page 14
... Beautie is not , as fond men misdeeme , An outward shew of things that onely seeme . For that same goodly hew of white and red , With which the cheekes are sprinckled , shall decay , And those sweete rosy leaves , so fairly spred Upon ...
... Beautie is not , as fond men misdeeme , An outward shew of things that onely seeme . For that same goodly hew of white and red , With which the cheekes are sprinckled , shall decay , And those sweete rosy leaves , so fairly spred Upon ...
Page 16
... beautie faire endewed , Know this for certaine , that the same doth hold A beauteous soule , with fair conditions thewed , Fit to receive the seede of vertue strewed ; For all that faire is , is by nature good ; That is a sign to know ...
... beautie faire endewed , Know this for certaine , that the same doth hold A beauteous soule , with fair conditions thewed , Fit to receive the seede of vertue strewed ; For all that faire is , is by nature good ; That is a sign to know ...
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... Beauties foulest blame , That base affection , which your eares would bland Commend to you by Loves abused name , But ... beautie more appeare , you behoves to love , and forth to lay It That heavenly riches which in you ye beare , That ...
... Beauties foulest blame , That base affection , which your eares would bland Commend to you by Loves abused name , But ... beautie more appeare , you behoves to love , and forth to lay It That heavenly riches which in you ye beare , That ...
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ARTHUR GORGES aspyre Astrophel beasts beautie behold bowre brave brest bright celestiall cruell dart dayes deare death delight devize dight doest dolefull doth dreadfull earth earthly eccho ring embase eternall eyes faire faire Ladie farre fayre flowres foorth Foxe fyre gentle glorie glorious Gods goodly grace griefe grone happie hart hath heart heaven heavenly hight himselfe honour immortall Jove light live Lord LYCON lyke mortall mourne Muses mynd never night noble nought Nymphes paine plaint pleasure powre praid praise prayses pride rest Rome sacred Sapience scorne seeke seem'd selfe shee shepheards shew shyning sight sing Sith skie SONNET sorrow soule spide spirits spoyle spred spright Sunne sweet teares thee thereof theyr things thou thought trew twixt unto vaine Venus vertue weene weepe Whilest whilome wight wings wize wont wretched