Complete Works of Edmund SpenserMacmillan, 1893 - 736 pages |
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... earth ? • That fine melodiousness , which is one of Spenser's signal characteristics , may be perceived in his Eclogues , as also a certain gracefulness of style , which is another distinguishing mark of him . Perceivable , too , are ...
... earth ? • That fine melodiousness , which is one of Spenser's signal characteristics , may be perceived in his Eclogues , as also a certain gracefulness of style , which is another distinguishing mark of him . Perceivable , too , are ...
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... worth Worthie of heaven itselfe , which brought it forth . His blessed spirite , full of power divine And influence of all celestiall grace , Loathing this sinfull earth and earthlie slime , Fled backe b 2 EDMUND SPENSER . XXXV.
... worth Worthie of heaven itselfe , which brought it forth . His blessed spirite , full of power divine And influence of all celestiall grace , Loathing this sinfull earth and earthlie slime , Fled backe b 2 EDMUND SPENSER . XXXV.
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Edmund Spenser Richard Morris. Loathing this sinfull earth and earthlie slime , Fled backe too soone unto his native place ; Too soone for all that did his love embrace , Too soone for all this wretched world , whom he Robd of all right ...
Edmund Spenser Richard Morris. Loathing this sinfull earth and earthlie slime , Fled backe too soone unto his native place ; Too soone for all that did his love embrace , Too soone for all this wretched world , whom he Robd of all right ...
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... earth did sustaine , And taught ambitious Rome to tyrannise And in the neck of all the world to rayne , Oft from those grave affaires were wont ab- staine , With the sweet Lady Muses for to play : So Ennius the elder Africane , So Maro ...
... earth did sustaine , And taught ambitious Rome to tyrannise And in the neck of all the world to rayne , Oft from those grave affaires were wont ab- staine , With the sweet Lady Muses for to play : So Ennius the elder Africane , So Maro ...
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... earth did kis , Greeting his grave : his grudging ghost did strive With the fraile flesh ; at last it flitted is , Whither the soules doe fly of men that live amis . XX The knight of the Redcrosse , when him he , The Lady , when she saw ...
... earth did kis , Greeting his grave : his grudging ghost did strive With the fraile flesh ; at last it flitted is , Whither the soules doe fly of men that live amis . XX The knight of the Redcrosse , when him he , The Lady , when she saw ...
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