Observations on the Fairy Queen of Spenser, Volume 2C. Stower, 1807 - Epic poetry, English |
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... death he would desire , For death was due to him , that had provokt gods ire . li . But when as none of them he saw him take , He to him raught a dagger sharpe and keene , And gave it him in hand ; his hand did quake , And tremble like ...
... death he would desire , For death was due to him , that had provokt gods ire . li . But when as none of them he saw him take , He to him raught a dagger sharpe and keene , And gave it him in hand ; his hand did quake , And tremble like ...
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... Death is an equall doome To good and bad , the common Inne of rest . Inne for Habitation , Seat , or Recess , is much used by Spenser . In his age this word had not acquired the vulgar idea which it bears in modern language . The Bowre ...
... Death is an equall doome To good and bad , the common Inne of rest . Inne for Habitation , Seat , or Recess , is much used by Spenser . In his age this word had not acquired the vulgar idea which it bears in modern language . The Bowre ...
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... death , uses clean as an epithet to Venus's carknet , i . e . necklace . She threw away her rings and carknet cleene t . In Chaucer , clean is attributed to sun- beams . * The Latin epigram was first printed in the Cam- bridge ...
... death , uses clean as an epithet to Venus's carknet , i . e . necklace . She threw away her rings and carknet cleene t . In Chaucer , clean is attributed to sun- beams . * The Latin epigram was first printed in the Cam- bridge ...
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... death of the dragon who besieged the parents of Una , by which is figured the destruction of the old serpent mentioned in the Apocalypse . The extravagancies of Pagan mythology are not improperly introduced into a poem of this sort , as ...
... death of the dragon who besieged the parents of Una , by which is figured the destruction of the old serpent mentioned in the Apocalypse . The extravagancies of Pagan mythology are not improperly introduced into a poem of this sort , as ...
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... Death , besides several other pieces , chiefly in manu- script , professedly written in this species . Lydgate has received numberless encomiums from our old English poets , which he merited more from his language than his imagination ...
... Death , besides several other pieces , chiefly in manu- script , professedly written in this species . Lydgate has received numberless encomiums from our old English poets , which he merited more from his language than his imagination ...
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Page 88 - And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand, full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written. MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Page 90 - In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Page 149 - Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots ; Their port was more than human, as they stood : I took it for a faery vision Of some gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i
Page 88 - And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth...
Page 191 - In billows, leave i' the midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight, till on dry land He lights, if it were land that ever...
Page 296 - Out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them; they looked like anatomies of death ; they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves...
Page 263 - I sonnet of my mistress' face, To paint some Blowesse with a borrowed grace ; Nor can I bide to pen some hungrie scene For thick-skin ears, and undiscerning eyne.
Page 14 - Through the dear might of him that walked the waves Where other groves and other streams along, With nectar pure his oozy locks he laves, And hears the unexpressive nuptial song, In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love. There entertain him all the saints above, In solemn troops and sweet societies That sing, and singing in their glory move And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes.
Page 89 - And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held : and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth...
Page 221 - ... and spoked wheels upon occasion ; but having rejected cornices, they had no need of great engines : stone upon stone was easily piled up to great heights ; therefore the pride of their work was in pinnacles and steeples.