Complete Works of Edmund SpenserMacmillan, 1893 - 736 pages |
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Page vii
... mind 573 Behold ! I see the haven nigh at hand Being my self captyved here in care Being one day at my window all alone Ent ah for pittie ! that I have thus long . By this the Northerne wagoner had set . CALME was the day , and through ...
... mind 573 Behold ! I see the haven nigh at hand Being my self captyved here in care Being one day at my window all alone Ent ah for pittie ! that I have thus long . By this the Northerne wagoner had set . CALME was the day , and through ...
Page viii
... mind Rehearse to me , ye sacred Sisters Nine Remembrance of that most Heroicke spirit Renowmed Lord , that for your worthinesse Retourne agayne , my forces late dismayd Right well I wote , most mighty Soveraine Rudely thou wrongest my ...
... mind Rehearse to me , ye sacred Sisters Nine Remembrance of that most Heroicke spirit Renowmed Lord , that for your worthinesse Retourne agayne , my forces late dismayd Right well I wote , most mighty Soveraine Rudely thou wrongest my ...
Page ix
... mind What - ever man be he whose heavie minde What guyle is this , that those her golden tresses 188 · • • 267 257 · 542 578 • The prayse of meaner wits this worke like profit brings 5 · The rolling wheele , that runneth often round The ...
... mind What - ever man be he whose heavie minde What guyle is this , that those her golden tresses 188 · • • 267 257 · 542 578 • The prayse of meaner wits this worke like profit brings 5 · The rolling wheele , that runneth often round The ...
Page xxvi
... mind by overpowering it with its prestige and stupefying it with a sense of inferiority ; while it raised the ideal of perfection , it tended to give rise to mere imitations and affectations . Amongst these new forms was the Pastoral ...
... mind by overpowering it with its prestige and stupefying it with a sense of inferiority ; while it raised the ideal of perfection , it tended to give rise to mere imitations and affectations . Amongst these new forms was the Pastoral ...
Page xxxi
... mind . Living there was living on the side of a volcanic mountain . That the perils of so living were not merely imaginary , we shall presently see . He did not shed tears and strike his bosom , like the miserable Ovid at Tomi ; he wore ...
... mind . Living there was living on the side of a volcanic mountain . That the perils of so living were not merely imaginary , we shall presently see . He did not shed tears and strike his bosom , like the miserable Ovid at Tomi ; he wore ...
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