Complete Works of Edmund SpenserMacmillan, 1893 - 736 pages |
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... wight What vertue is so fitting for a knight What warre so cruel , or what siege so sore When I behold that beauties wonderment When I bethinke me on that speech whyleare 436 When my abodes prefixed time is spent . When stout Achilles ...
... wight What vertue is so fitting for a knight What warre so cruel , or what siege so sore When I behold that beauties wonderment When I bethinke me on that speech whyleare 436 When my abodes prefixed time is spent . When stout Achilles ...
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... wight to shrowd it did constrain ; And this faire couple eke to shroud themselves were fain . VII Enforst to seeke some covert nigh at hand , A shadie grove not farr away they spide , That promist ayde the tempest to withstand ; Whose ...
... wight to shrowd it did constrain ; And this faire couple eke to shroud themselves were fain . VII Enforst to seeke some covert nigh at hand , A shadie grove not farr away they spide , That promist ayde the tempest to withstand ; Whose ...
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... wight his dayes doth weare ; For to all knighthood it is foule disgrace , That such a cursed creature lives so long space . ' XXXII ' Far hence ' ( quoth he ) ' in wastfull wilder- nesse His dwelling is , by which no living wight May ...
... wight his dayes doth weare ; For to all knighthood it is foule disgrace , That such a cursed creature lives so long space . ' XXXII ' Far hence ' ( quoth he ) ' in wastfull wilder- nesse His dwelling is , by which no living wight May ...
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... wight was fayre , That moves more deare compassion of mind , Though nor in word nor deede ill meriting , Then beautie brought t'unworthie wretched- Is from her knight divorced in despayre , [ unkind . And her dew loves deryy'd to that ...
... wight was fayre , That moves more deare compassion of mind , Though nor in word nor deede ill meriting , Then beautie brought t'unworthie wretched- Is from her knight divorced in despayre , [ unkind . And her dew loves deryy'd to that ...
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... wight espyde ; Till that at length she found the troden gras , In which the tract of peoples footing was , Under the steepe foot of a mountaine hore : The same she followes , till at last she has A damzel spyde , slow footing her before ...
... wight espyde ; Till that at length she found the troden gras , In which the tract of peoples footing was , Under the steepe foot of a mountaine hore : The same she followes , till at last she has A damzel spyde , slow footing her before ...
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amongst Archimago armes Artegall beast behold bowre brest Britomart brought Calidore chaunce cruell Dame daunger deare death delight despight devize dight doest doth dreadfull Edmund Spenser Eftsoones Elfin knight evermore eyes Faerie Queene Faery faire faire Ladies farre fayre feare flowre gentle goodly grace griefe grone Guyon hand hart hast hath heaven heavenly hight himselfe honour Irenæus Irish knight Lady late light litle living Lord Mayd mightie mote mynd nigh noble nought Nymphes paine poet powre prayse Prince Queene quoth rest sayd seemd seeme selfe shame shee shepheards shew shield shyning sight Sith skie sonne soone sore sory speach Spenser spide spright steed straunge streight Sunne sweet thee thence thereof theyr things thou trew tryall unto vaine vertue villein weene whilest wight wize wonne wont wound wretched wyde yron