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... brought , by sad steps , the boy to manhood — the man to middle age ; —it is not for the poet , surely not for a poet of Spenser's class , to expose the dread secret to the vulgar eye . All that he wills the world should know of him ...
... brought , by sad steps , the boy to manhood — the man to middle age ; —it is not for the poet , surely not for a poet of Spenser's class , to expose the dread secret to the vulgar eye . All that he wills the world should know of him ...
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... brought forth fruit equally rich . But even in the careless fragments now presented to the reader ( in Raleigh's collected poems ) , I think we can perceive some traits of attraction which , perhaps , even Spenser wanted . If less ...
... brought forth fruit equally rich . But even in the careless fragments now presented to the reader ( in Raleigh's collected poems ) , I think we can perceive some traits of attraction which , perhaps , even Spenser wanted . If less ...
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... brought into the world him who is called the " Sunrise , " as Chaucer had been denominated the " Day - starre , " of English poetry . Spenser's claims cannot be appreciated unless we bear in mind that no poet of decided merit had ...
... brought into the world him who is called the " Sunrise , " as Chaucer had been denominated the " Day - starre , " of English poetry . Spenser's claims cannot be appreciated unless we bear in mind that no poet of decided merit had ...
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... brought by his noble friend . In 1579 he seems to have been on the point of seeking his further fortune abroad , under the patronage of the Earl of Leicester ; and wrote valedictories to his friends , in which he bewails his 12 SPENSER ...
... brought by his noble friend . In 1579 he seems to have been on the point of seeking his further fortune abroad , under the patronage of the Earl of Leicester ; and wrote valedictories to his friends , in which he bewails his 12 SPENSER ...
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... of all her race ; For which the graces , that here wont to dwell , Have for more honor brought her to this place , And graced her so much to be another grace . Another grace she well deserves to be , In whom SPENSER AND THE FAERY QUEEN .
... of all her race ; For which the graces , that here wont to dwell , Have for more honor brought her to this place , And graced her so much to be another grace . Another grace she well deserves to be , In whom SPENSER AND THE FAERY QUEEN .
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adamant rock adown allegory Archimago arms baleful beast behold blood CANTO corse courser cruel cursed dame deadly dear death delight dight dismay'd doth double echo dreadful earth earthly Edmund Spenser Eftsoons elfin knight erst eyes Faery Faëry Queen fair fair lady fall false Duessa fast fear feeble fell fierce foul Gabriel Harvey gentle goodly grace grief ground hand haste hath heart heaven heavenly hight holy honor House of Pride huge lady late LEIGH HUNT light living wight lord mighty never nigh noble nought pain poem poet poetry pride prince proud quoth rage Redcross knight Saracen seem'd Shakspeare shield Sidney sight sinful bands sire sore sorrow Spenser spright steed sweet thee thence Therewith thou trembling unto wandring weary ween whenas WILLIAM HAZLITT wise woful wondrous wont words wound wrath wretched XXXIII
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Page 7 - Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What hell it is, in suing long to bide ; To lose good days that might be better spent : To waste long nights in pensive discontent ; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow...
Page 76 - The lion would not leave her desolate, But with her went along, as a strong guard Of her chaste person, and a faithful mate Of her sad troubles and misfortunes hard ; Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward; And, when she waked, he waited diligent, With humble service to her will prepared : From her fair eyes he took commandement, And ever by her looks conceived her intent.
Page 41 - What thou art, we know not ; What is most like thee ? From rainbow clouds there flow not Drops so bright to see, As from thy presence showers a rain of melody.
Page 74 - And laid her stole aside : her angel's face, As the great eye of heaven, shined bright, And made a sunshine in the shady place; Did never mortal eye behold such heavenly grace.
Page 44 - Crosse he bore, The deare remembrance of his dying Lord, For whose sweete sake that glorious badge he wore, And dead, as living, ever him ador'd : Upon his shield the like was also scor'd, For soveraine hope which in his helpe he had.
Page 31 - AND is there care in heaven ? and is there love In heavenly spirits to these creatures base, That may compassion of their evils move ? There is...
Page 9 - Fulke Greville, servant to Queen Elizabeth, counsellor to King James, and friend to Sir Philip Sidney.
Page 41 - HAIL to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou never wert, That from heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art Higher still and higher From the earth thou springest Like a cloud of fire; The blue deep thou wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest.
Page 53 - A little lowly hermitage it was, Down in a dale, hard by a forest's side, Far from resort of people, that did pass In travel to and fro : a little wide There was...
Page 19 - Fair is my love, when her fair golden hairs With the loose wind ye waving chance to mark ; Fair, when the rose in her red cheeks appears; Or in her eyes the fire of love does spark.