Spenser: SelectionsClarendon Press, 1956 - 208 pages |
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... thought . I Compared with that of Shakespeare or Wordsworth , Spenser's poetry may appear bookish , for Spenser ... thoughts to the history of King Arthur . The pastoral image expresses desires too personal to him to be wholly borrowed ...
... thought . I Compared with that of Shakespeare or Wordsworth , Spenser's poetry may appear bookish , for Spenser ... thoughts to the history of King Arthur . The pastoral image expresses desires too personal to him to be wholly borrowed ...
Page 110
... Thought with his wings to stye above the ground ; But his late wounded wing unserviceable found . Then full of griefe and anguish vehement , XXV xxvi He lowdly brayd , that like was never heard , And from his wide devouring oven sent A ...
... Thought with his wings to stye above the ground ; But his late wounded wing unserviceable found . Then full of griefe and anguish vehement , XXV xxvi He lowdly brayd , that like was never heard , And from his wide devouring oven sent A ...
Page 208
... thought of it as the past tense of yede . Yold ( VII . vii . 30 ) : yielded . A false formation ad hoc . Ysame ( VII . vii . 32 ) : mixed together . M.E. adv . samed , together ; probably taken to be a past part . SET IN GREAT BRITAIN ...
... thought of it as the past tense of yede . Yold ( VII . vii . 30 ) : yielded . A false formation ad hoc . Ysame ( VII . vii . 32 ) : mixed together . M.E. adv . samed , together ; probably taken to be a past part . SET IN GREAT BRITAIN ...
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