Complete Works of Edmund SpenserMacmillan, 1893 - 736 pages |
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... looke upon a worke of rare devise 581 86 582 YE gentle Ladies , in whose soveraine powre . 396 570 • 8 6 Ye heavenly spirites , whose ashie cinders lie . 526 Ye learned sisters , which have oftentimes Ye tradefull Merchants , that ...
... looke upon a worke of rare devise 581 86 582 YE gentle Ladies , in whose soveraine powre . 396 570 • 8 6 Ye heavenly spirites , whose ashie cinders lie . 526 Ye learned sisters , which have oftentimes Ye tradefull Merchants , that ...
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... looke upon a worke of rare devise The which a workman setteth out to view , And not to yield it the deserved prise That unto such a workmanship is dew , Doth either prove the judgement to be naught , Or els doth shew a mind with envy ...
... looke upon a worke of rare devise The which a workman setteth out to view , And not to yield it the deserved prise That unto such a workmanship is dew , Doth either prove the judgement to be naught , Or els doth shew a mind with envy ...
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... looke for entertainement where none was ; Rest is their feast , and all thinges at their will : The noblest mind the best contentment has . Of those he chose out two , the falsest twoo , And fittest for to forge true - seeming lyes ...
... looke for entertainement where none was ; Rest is their feast , and all thinges at their will : The noblest mind the best contentment has . Of those he chose out two , the falsest twoo , And fittest for to forge true - seeming lyes ...
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... looke , Most like that virgin true which for her knight him took . L All cleane dismayd to see so uncouth sight , And half enraged at her shamelesse guise , He thought have slaine her in his fierce des- pight ; But hastie heat tempring ...
... looke , Most like that virgin true which for her knight him took . L All cleane dismayd to see so uncouth sight , And half enraged at her shamelesse guise , He thought have slaine her in his fierce des- pight ; But hastie heat tempring ...
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... looke her cast in deadly XII Full fast she fled , ne ever lookt behynd , As if her life upon the wager lay ; And home she came , whereas her mother blynd Sate in eternall night : nought could she say ; But , suddeine catching hold , did ...
... looke her cast in deadly XII Full fast she fled , ne ever lookt behynd , As if her life upon the wager lay ; And home she came , whereas her mother blynd Sate in eternall night : nought could she say ; But , suddeine catching hold , did ...
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