The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 1William Pickering, 1839 - English poetry |
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... courser , he went forth with her on that Adventure : where beginneth the first Booke , viz . A gentle Knight was pricking on the playne , & c . The second day there came in a Palmer bearing an In- fant with bloody hands , whose parents ...
... courser , he went forth with her on that Adventure : where beginneth the first Booke , viz . A gentle Knight was pricking on the playne , & c . The second day there came in a Palmer bearing an In- fant with bloody hands , whose parents ...
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... hollowe Cave , Amid the thickest woods . The Champion stout Eftsoones dismounted from his courser brave , 11 And to the Dwarfe a while his needlesse spere he gave . 12 " Be well aware , " quoth then that C. I 29 THE FAERIE QUEENE .
... hollowe Cave , Amid the thickest woods . The Champion stout Eftsoones dismounted from his courser brave , 11 And to the Dwarfe a while his needlesse spere he gave . 12 " Be well aware , " quoth then that C. I 29 THE FAERIE QUEENE .
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... Full iolly knight he seemde , and wel addrest ; And , when he sate uppon his courser free , 11 Saint George himselfe ye would have deemed him to be . 8 But he , the Knight , whose semblaunt he did C. II 43 THE FAERIE QUEENE .
... Full iolly knight he seemde , and wel addrest ; And , when he sate uppon his courser free , 11 Saint George himselfe ye would have deemed him to be . 8 But he , the Knight , whose semblaunt he did C. II 43 THE FAERIE QUEENE .
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... coursers side The red bloud trickling staind the way , as he did ride . The Knight of the Redcrosse , when him he spide Spurring so hote with rage dispiteous , Gan fairely couch his speare , and towards ride : Soone meete they both ...
... coursers side The red bloud trickling staind the way , as he did ride . The Knight of the Redcrosse , when him he spide Spurring so hote with rage dispiteous , Gan fairely couch his speare , and towards ride : Soone meete they both ...
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... courser free That through his fiersnesse fomed all with sweat , And the sharpe yron did for anger eat , When his hot ryder spurd his chauffed side ; His looke was sterne , and seemed still to threat Cruell revenge , which he in hart did ...
... courser free That through his fiersnesse fomed all with sweat , And the sharpe yron did for anger eat , When his hot ryder spurd his chauffed side ; His looke was sterne , and seemed still to threat Cruell revenge , which he in hart did ...
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Archimago armes Beast behold blood brest brond brought CANTO chaunce corage courser cruell Dame deadly deare death delight despight doen doest doth dread dreadfull Duessa EDMUND SPENSER Eftsoones Elfin Knight eternall Faerie Queene Faery Knight faire faire Lady Fairy false fast fayre feare fitt flowre fowle fownd gentle goodly grace griefe grone hand hart hast hath heaven heavenly hight himselfe honour Lady late light litle living Lord mightie mote never nigh noble nought poem poet powre Pyrochles quoth rage Redcrosse Redcrosse Knight seemd seeme sence shee Shepheards Calender shew shield shyning sight Sir Guyon Sir Philip Sidney Sith sonne soone sore speach Spenser spide spright steed suddein sweet syre thee thereof thou Todd trew unto vaine verse vertues Villein wandring warre wearie weene whenas wight wondrous wonne wont wound wrath wretched wyde ydle yron
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Page 61 - O then too weake and feeble was the forse 370 Of salvage beast, his puissance to withstand: For he was strong, and of so mightie corse, As ever wielded speare in warlike hand, And feates of armes did wisely understand. Eftsoones he perced through his chaufed chest...