Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ...J. Bell, 1788 - English poetry |
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... plaine appeares : For that same golden fleecy Ram , which bore Phrixus and Helle from their stepdames feares , Hath now forgot where he was plast of yore , And shouldred hath the Bull which fayre Europa bore : VI . And eke the Bull hath ...
... plaine appeares : For that same golden fleecy Ram , which bore Phrixus and Helle from their stepdames feares , Hath now forgot where he was plast of yore , And shouldred hath the Bull which fayre Europa bore : VI . And eke the Bull hath ...
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... plaine , ...... " And as I marked bore upon his shield , " By which it's easie him to know againe , " A broken sword within a bloodie field , [ wield . " " Expressing well his nature which the same did XX . No sooner sayd , but streight ...
... plaine , ...... " And as I marked bore upon his shield , " By which it's easie him to know againe , " A broken sword within a bloodie field , [ wield . " " Expressing well his nature which the same did XX . No sooner sayd , but streight ...
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... plaine That he it was not which that lady kild , But that strange night , the fairer love to gaine , XXV . Did cast about by sleight the truth thereout to [ straine ; And sayd , " Now sure this doubtfull cause's right " Can hardly but ...
... plaine That he it was not which that lady kild , But that strange night , the fairer love to gaine , XXV . Did cast about by sleight the truth thereout to [ straine ; And sayd , " Now sure this doubtfull cause's right " Can hardly but ...
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... plaine , With cruell chaufe their courages they whet , The maysterdome of each by force to gaine , And dreadfull battaile twixt them do darraine ; They snuf , they snort , they bounce , they rage , they That all the sea , disturbed with ...
... plaine , With cruell chaufe their courages they whet , The maysterdome of each by force to gaine , And dreadfull battaile twixt them do darraine ; They snuf , they snort , they bounce , they rage , they That all the sea , disturbed with ...
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... plaine he shewed there ) Had worne the earth ; so did the fire the aire ; So all the rest did others parts empaire ; And so were realmes and nations run awry : All which he undertooke for to repaire , In sort as they were formed ...
... plaine he shewed there ) Had worne the earth ; so did the fire the aire ; So all the rest did others parts empaire ; And so were realmes and nations run awry : All which he undertooke for to repaire , In sort as they were formed ...
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amongst armes Beast beheld bloud bold brest Brigants brought CANTO chaunst Coridon cruell Cynthia damzell daunger deare death delight despight devize dight doth dread dreadfull earth EDMUND SPENSER Eftsoones Elfin knight evermore FAERY QUEENE faire farre Faunus feare fell fiercely flocke flowres Fortune foule gentle gods goodly grace Grantorto groning ground hand hart hast hath heaven heavenly herselfe hight himselfe Iove iustice knight lady layd light litle mayd mote nigh nought nymph paine Pastorell Pastorella peerless price powre prince quoth raunged rest sayd seem'd shame shepherd shew sight Sir Artegall Sir Calidore Sith sore sory soveraine speach spide spright squire stayd steed streight sunne sweet Talus thee theeves thence things thou unto uppon vaine weene weet wend whenas whereof whilest whyles wight wize wonne wont woods wound wretched wyde XXVII XXXII yron
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Page 218 - His state and present plight. vertueis so fitting for a knight, Or for a ladie whom a knight should love, As curtesie, to beare themselves aright To all of each degree as doth behove ? For whether they be placed high above Or low beneath, yet ought they well to know Their good, that none them rightly may reprove Of rudenesse, for not yeelding what they owe ; Great skill it is such duties timely to bestow.
Page 167 - And the dull drops, that from his purpled bill, As from a limbeck, did adown distill. In his right hand a tipped staffe he held, With which his feeble steps he stayed still: For he was faint with cold, and weak with eld; That scarse his loosed limbes he hable was to weld.
Page 171 - Then came old January, wrapped well In many weeds to keep the cold away; Yet did he quake and quiver, like to quell, And blowe his nayles to warme them if he may; For they were numbd with holding all the day An hatchet keene, with which he felled wood...
Page 8 - Almighties stead, And with magnificke might and wondrous wit Doest to thy people righteous doome aread, That furthest nations filles with awfull dread, Pardon the boldnesse of thy basest thrall, That dare discourse of so divine a read, As thy great iustice praysed over all; The instrument whereof loe here thy Artegall.
Page 6 - Let none then blame me, if, in discipline Of vertue and of civill uses lore, I do not forme them to the common line Of present dayes which are corrupted sore...
Page 84 - In vaine' (said then old Meliboe) 'doe men The heavens of their fortunes fault accuse, Sith they know best what is the best for them; For they to each such fortune doe diffuse, As they doe know each can most aptly use: For not that which men covet most is best, Nor that thing worst which men do most refuse ; But fittest is, that all contented rest With that they hold : each hath his fortune in his brest.
Page 95 - All they without were raunged in a ring, And daunced round; but in the midst of them Three other Ladies did both daunce and sing, The whilest the rest them round about did hemme, And like a girlond did in compasse stemme...
Page 140 - Nature had establisht first In good estate, and in meet order ranged, She did pervert, and all their statutes burst : And all the worlds faire frame (which none yet durst Of gods or men to alter or misguide...
Page 167 - Then came the Autumn, all in yellow clad, As though he joyed in his plenteous store, Laden with fruits that made him laugh, full glad That he had...
Page 113 - As beauties lovely baite, that doth procure Great warriours oft their rigour to represse, And mighty hands forget their manlinesse ; Drawne with the powre of an heart-robbing eye, And wrapt in fetters of a golden tresse.