The Faerie Queene: Disposed Into Twelve Bookes Fashioning XII Morall VertuesG. Routledge, 1855 - 820 pages |
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... farre away a dwarfe did lag , That lasie seemd , in being ever last . Or wearied with bearing of her bag Of needments at his backe . Thus as they past , The day with cloudes was suddeine overcast , And angry love an hideous storme of ...
... farre away a dwarfe did lag , That lasie seemd , in being ever last . Or wearied with bearing of her bag Of needments at his backe . Thus as they past , The day with cloudes was suddeine overcast , And angry love an hideous storme of ...
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... farre and neare . " " Of such , " saide he , " I chiefly doe inquere ; And shall thee well rewarde to shew the place , In which that wicked wight his dayes doth weare : For to all knighthood it is foule disgrace , That such a cursed ...
... farre and neare . " " Of such , " saide he , " I chiefly doe inquere ; And shall thee well rewarde to shew the place , In which that wicked wight his dayes doth weare : For to all knighthood it is foule disgrace , That such a cursed ...
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... farre doe lye , Watching to banish Care their enimy , Who oft is wont to trouble gentle Sleepe . By them the sprite doth passe in quietly , And unto Morpheus comes , whom drowned deepe In drowsie fit he findes ; of nothing he takes ...
... farre doe lye , Watching to banish Care their enimy , Who oft is wont to trouble gentle Sleepe . By them the sprite doth passe in quietly , And unto Morpheus comes , whom drowned deepe In drowsie fit he findes ; of nothing he takes ...
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... farre To all that in the wide deepe wandring arre ; And chearefull chaunticlere with his note shrill Had warned once , that Phoebus fiery carre In hast was climbing up the easterne hill , Full envious that Night so long his roome did ...
... farre To all that in the wide deepe wandring arre ; And chearefull chaunticlere with his note shrill Had warned once , that Phoebus fiery carre In hast was climbing up the easterne hill , Full envious that Night so long his roome did ...
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... farre ; I in defence of mine did likewise stand , Mine , that did then shine as the morning starre . So both to batteill fierce arraunged arre ; In which his harder fortune was to fall Under my speare ; such is the dye of warre . His ...
... farre ; I in defence of mine did likewise stand , Mine , that did then shine as the morning starre . So both to batteill fierce arraunged arre ; In which his harder fortune was to fall Under my speare ; such is the dye of warre . His ...
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Archimago armes Artegall beast behold blood brest Britomart brought Calidore CANTO chaunce courser cruell dame damzell daunger deadly deare death despight devize dight dismayd doth dread dreadfull Eftsoones elfin knight evermore eyes FAERIE QUEENE Faery knight faire faire ladies farre fast fayre feare fell fierce fight Florimell flowre fowle gentle goodly grace griefe grone Guyon hand hart hast hath heavens herselfe hight himselfe ioyous knight lady late layd light living mayd mighty Mongst mote nigh noble nought powre prince quoth rage rest sayd seemd shame shee shew shield shyning sight Sith sonne soone sore sory soveraine speach speare spide spright squire stayd steed straunge streight sunne sweet syre Talus thee thence thereof thou trew unto vaine vertue villein warlike weary weene weet whenas wight wize wondrous wonne wont wound wretched wyde yron
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Page 794 - Then gin I thinke on that which Nature sayd, Of that same time when no more Change shall be, But stedfast rest of all things, firmely stayd Upon the pillours of Eternity...
Page 8 - 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 10 - Led with delight, they thus beguile the way, Untill the blustring storme is overblowne; When, weening to returne whence they did stray, They cannot finde that path, which first was showne But wander too and fro in waies unknowne, Furthest from end then, when they neerest weene, That makes them doubt their wits be not their owne : So many pathes, so many turnings seene, That which of them to take, in diverse doubt they been.
Page 15 - He, making speedy way through spersed ayre, And through the world of waters wide and deepe, To Morpheus house doth hastily repaire. Amid the bowels of the earth full steepe, And low, where dawning day doth never peepe, His dwelling is ; there Tethys his wet bed Doth ever wash, and Cynthia still doth steepe In silver deaw his ever-drouping hed, Whiles sad Night over him her mantle black doth spred.
Page 795 - And when ye list your owne mishaps to mourne, Which death, or love, or fortunes wreck did rayse, Your string could soone to sadder tenor turne, And teach the woods and waters to lament 10 Your dolefull dreriment...
Page 4 - Poets, I labour to pourtraict in Arthure, before he was king, the image of a brave knight, perfected in the twelve private morall vertues, as Aristotle hath devised...
Page 537 - So oft as I with state of present time The image of the antique world compare, When as mans age was in his freshest prime, And the first blossome of faire vertue bare ; Such oddes I finde twixt those, and these which are, As that, through long continuance of his course, Me seemes the world is runne quite out of square From the first point of his appointed sourse ; And being once amisse growes daily wourse and wourse...
Page 800 - The more they on it stare. But her sad eyes, still fastened on the ground, Are governed with goodly modesty, That suffers not one looke to glaunce awry, Which may let in a little thought unsownd.
Page 789 - With eares of come, and full her hand was found: That was the righteous Virgin, which of old Liv'd here on earth, and plenty made abound; But after Wrong was lov'd, and Justice solde, She left th' unrighteous world, and was to heaven extold.
Page 266 - Out of this fountaine, sweet and faire to see, The which into an ample laver fell, And shortly grew to so great quantitie, That like a litle lake it seemd to bee; Whose depth exceeded not three cubits...