The Fairy Queen, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, 1758 |
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Page xx
... seem'd to dance for jollity , Like to an almond - tree y mounted high On top of green Selinis all alone , With bloffoms brave bedecked daintily ; Whofe tender locks do tremble every one At every little blaft that under heav'n is blown ...
... seem'd to dance for jollity , Like to an almond - tree y mounted high On top of green Selinis all alone , With bloffoms brave bedecked daintily ; Whofe tender locks do tremble every one At every little blaft that under heav'n is blown ...
Page xxv
... seems to be debased by a mixture of too many low images , as Diet , Concoction , Digeftion , and the like ; which are represented as perfons . But the allegorical description of Memory , which follows foon after , is very good . The ...
... seems to be debased by a mixture of too many low images , as Diet , Concoction , Digeftion , and the like ; which are represented as perfons . But the allegorical description of Memory , which follows foon after , is very good . The ...
Page xxvi
... seems to make the mufick he defcribes . Eftfoons they heard a moft delicious found Of all that mote delight a dainty ear ; Such as at once might not on living ground , Save in this paradife be heard elsewhere : Right hard it was for ...
... seems to make the mufick he defcribes . Eftfoons they heard a moft delicious found Of all that mote delight a dainty ear ; Such as at once might not on living ground , Save in this paradife be heard elsewhere : Right hard it was for ...
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... seems to have learned from the Ita- hans ) would be unpardonable in a writer of lefs merit . Yet , with all its imperfections , it must be faid , that his diction is , for the moft part , ftrong , fignificant and harmonious ; and much ...
... seems to have learned from the Ita- hans ) would be unpardonable in a writer of lefs merit . Yet , with all its imperfections , it must be faid , that his diction is , for the moft part , ftrong , fignificant and harmonious ; and much ...
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... Seem'd in their fong to fcorn the cruel fky . Much ' gan they praife the trees fo ftraight and high , The failing Pine , the Cedar proud and tall , The vine - prop Elm , the Poplar never dry , The builder Oak , fole King of forrests all ...
... Seem'd in their fong to fcorn the cruel fky . Much ' gan they praife the trees fo ftraight and high , The failing Pine , the Cedar proud and tall , The vine - prop Elm , the Poplar never dry , The builder Oak , fole King of forrests all ...
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againſt Archimago arms beaft blood breaſt Britomart brond caft cruel Dame deadly dear death defire defpight doft doth dreadful Eftfoons elfe Elfin Knight erft evermore eyes fafe faft faid fair fair Ladies Fairy falfe fame fear fecret feek feem feem'd felf fenfe fhall fhame fhew fhield fhould fide fierce fight firft firſt flain fleep flowre fome foon fore forrow foul foveraine fpear freſh fteed ftill ftrange fuch fweet fword gentle goodly grace grief guife Guyon hand hath heart heaven hight himſelf Knight Lady laft laſt late light living mighty moft moſt mote nigh nought pafs pain pleaſure powre praiſe Prince quoth reft ſhe Sith ſpright Squire ſtay ſtill ſtrong ſweet thee themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand unto wandring weary ween weet whenas whofe Whoſe wight wondrous wound wrath wretched
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Page 348 - To th' instruments divine respondence meet ; The silver sounding instruments did meet With the base murmure of the waters fall ; The waters fall with difference discreet, Now soft, now loud, unto the wind did call ; The gentle warbling wind low answered to all.
Page 269 - How oft do they their silver bowers leave To come to succour us, that succour want ! How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting skies, like flying pursuivant, Against foul fiends to aid us militant ! They for us fight, they watch and duly ward, And their bright squadrons round about us plant, And all for love, and nothing for reward : Oh, why should heavenly God to men have such regard ?1 This agrees with what is recorded of St.
Page 60 - When such an one had guiding of the way, That knew not whether right he went, or else astray.
Page 107 - Ay me, how many perils doe enfold The righteous man, to make him daily fall? Were not, that heavenly grace doth him uphold, And stedfast truth acquite him out of all.
Page 62 - And unto hell him selfe for money sold : Accursed usury was all his trade ; And right and wrong ylike in equall ballaunce waide.
Page xxvi - Eftsoones they heard a most melodious sound, Of all that mote delight a dainty ear, Such as at once might not on living ground, Save in this paradise, be heard elsewhere : Right hard it was for wight which did it hear To read what manner music that mote be; For all that pleasing is to living ear Was there consorted in one harmony; Birds, voices, instruments, winds, waters, all agree.
Page 62 - Yet childe ne kinsman living had he none To leave them to ; but thorough daily care To get, and nightly feare to lose his owne, He led a wretched life, unto himselfe unknowne. Most wretched wight, whom nothing might suffise ; Whose greedy lust did lacke in greatest store ; Whose need had end, but no end covetise...
Page 215 - In woods, in waves, in wars, she wonts to dwell, And will be found with peril and with pain, Ne can the man that moulds in idle cell Unto her happy mansion attain ; Before her gate high God did Sweat ordain, And wakeful watches ever to abide ; But easy is the way and passage plain To Pleasure's palace ; it may soon be spied, ' ' And day and night her doors to all stand open wide.
Page 440 - Yet no'te she find redresse for such despight. For all that lives, is subject to that law : All things decay in time, and to their end do draw.
Page xiii - That which seems the most liable to Exception in this Work, is the Model of it, and the Choice the Author has made of so romantick a Story.