Observations on the Fairy Queen of Spenser, Volumes 1-2C. Stower, 1807 |
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Page 67
... golden Phoebus for to steepe His fierie face in billowes of the west , And his faint steeds watred in Ocean deep , Whiles from their iournall labours they did rest ; When that infernall monster having kest His weary foe into that living ...
... golden Phoebus for to steepe His fierie face in billowes of the west , And his faint steeds watred in Ocean deep , Whiles from their iournall labours they did rest ; When that infernall monster having kest His weary foe into that living ...
Page 78
... golden . wall by Elfiline . His son Elfine overcame the Gobbelines ; but of all Fairies Elfant was most renowned , who built Panthea of crystal . To these succeeded Elfar , who slew two brethren - giants ; and to him Elfinor , who built ...
... golden . wall by Elfiline . His son Elfine overcame the Gobbelines ; but of all Fairies Elfant was most renowned , who built Panthea of crystal . To these succeeded Elfar , who slew two brethren - giants ; and to him Elfinor , who built ...
Page 79
... The bridge of glass may mean London - bridge . But these images of the golden wall , the crystal tower , & c .. seem to be all adopted from romance . At least * Eclogue June . they all flow from a mind strongly tinctured with romantic 79.
... The bridge of glass may mean London - bridge . But these images of the golden wall , the crystal tower , & c .. seem to be all adopted from romance . At least * Eclogue June . they all flow from a mind strongly tinctured with romantic 79.
Page 82
... golden age was originally represented in its legendary chronicles . Thus Chaucer- M In the old dayis of the King Arthure , Of which the Britons speken great honour ; All was this lond fulfillid of fayry : The Elf - quene , with her ...
... golden age was originally represented in its legendary chronicles . Thus Chaucer- M In the old dayis of the King Arthure , Of which the Britons speken great honour ; All was this lond fulfillid of fayry : The Elf - quene , with her ...
Page 109
... golden apples glistring bright . This mythology is drawn from Claudian . Pluto consoles Proserpine with these pro- mises . Nec mollia desunt Prata tibi zephyris illic melioribus halant Perpetui flores , quos nec tua protulit Enna . Est ...
... golden apples glistring bright . This mythology is drawn from Claudian . Pluto consoles Proserpine with these pro- mises . Nec mollia desunt Prata tibi zephyris illic melioribus halant Perpetui flores , quos nec tua protulit Enna . Est ...
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