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... gentle , the noble , the tender Sidney , -Astrophel , of whom it was said— " Ne spight itselfe , that all good things doth spill , Found aught in him that she could say was ill , " stands first upon the list . * Sidney loved his 2 ...
... gentle , the noble , the tender Sidney , -Astrophel , of whom it was said— " Ne spight itselfe , that all good things doth spill , Found aught in him that she could say was ill , " stands first upon the list . * Sidney loved his 2 ...
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... gentle poet , with his elegant taste , his delicacy , his high - soaring imagination , teem- ing even then with the magnificent conceptions which afterwards found birth in the Faëry Queen , —among the waiting crowd which swayed to and ...
... gentle poet , with his elegant taste , his delicacy , his high - soaring imagination , teem- ing even then with the magnificent conceptions which afterwards found birth in the Faëry Queen , —among the waiting crowd which swayed to and ...
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... gentle poet the charm which springs from respect as a heightener of affection . The “ Epithalamion , ” which he wrote on his own marriage , is among his most exquisite productions . It has been considered the most beautiful nuptial song ...
... gentle poet the charm which springs from respect as a heightener of affection . The “ Epithalamion , ” which he wrote on his own marriage , is among his most exquisite productions . It has been considered the most beautiful nuptial song ...
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... gentle spright ; The rest be works of Nature's wonderment ; But this the work of heart's astonishment . " In 1596 , were published the fourth , fifth , and sixth books of the Faëry Queen , with a reprint of the first three . Six books ...
... gentle spright ; The rest be works of Nature's wonderment ; But this the work of heart's astonishment . " In 1596 , were published the fourth , fifth , and sixth books of the Faëry Queen , with a reprint of the first three . Six books ...
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... GENTLE knight was pricking on the plain , All clad in mighty arms and silver shield , Wherein old dints of deep wounds did remain , The cruel marks of many a bloody field ; Yet arms till that time did he never wield : His angry steed ...
... GENTLE knight was pricking on the plain , All clad in mighty arms and silver shield , Wherein old dints of deep wounds did remain , The cruel marks of many a bloody field ; Yet arms till that time did he never wield : His angry steed ...
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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.