Spenser: SelectionsClarendon Press, 1956 - 208 pages |
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... fell , That nothing seemd the puissance could withstand : Upon his crest the hardned yron fell , But his more hardned crest was armd so well , That deeper dint therein it would not make ; Yet so extremely did the buffe him quell , That ...
... fell , That nothing seemd the puissance could withstand : Upon his crest the hardned yron fell , But his more hardned crest was armd so well , That deeper dint therein it would not make ; Yet so extremely did the buffe him quell , That ...
Page 146
... fell greedines he her assayled , xii That though she mounted were , yet he her made To give him ground , ( so much his force prevayled ) And shun his mightie strokes , gainst which no armes avayled . So as they coursed here and there ...
... fell greedines he her assayled , xii That though she mounted were , yet he her made To give him ground , ( so much his force prevayled ) And shun his mightie strokes , gainst which no armes avayled . So as they coursed here and there ...
Page 149
... fell humbly downe upon his knee , And of his wonder made religion , Weening some heavenly goddesse he did see , Or else unweeting , what it else might bee ; And pardon her besought his errour frayle , That had done outrage in so high ...
... fell humbly downe upon his knee , And of his wonder made religion , Weening some heavenly goddesse he did see , Or else unweeting , what it else might bee ; And pardon her besought his errour frayle , That had done outrage in so high ...
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