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... tyranness Provoke with Wrath , and Envies false surmise , Condemned to that
dungeon merciless , Where they should live in woe , and dye in wretchedness ,
XLVII . There was that great proud King of Babylon Canto V. THE FAIRY QUEEN .
... tyranness Provoke with Wrath , and Envies false surmise , Condemned to that
dungeon merciless , Where they should live in woe , and dye in wretchedness ,
XLVII . There was that great proud King of Babylon Canto V. THE FAIRY QUEEN .
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... to done , And wrath and hatred warily to shun , That drew on men Gods hatred
and his wrath , And many souls in dolours had fordone : In which , when him the
well instructed hath , From thence to heaven she teacheth him the ready path .
... to done , And wrath and hatred warily to shun , That drew on men Gods hatred
and his wrath , And many souls in dolours had fordone : In which , when him the
well instructed hath , From thence to heaven she teacheth him the ready path .
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Wrath , jealousie , grief , love , do thus expel : Wrath is a fire , and jealousie a
weed , Grief is a food , and love a monster fell ; The fire of sparks , the weed of
little seed , The food of drops , the monster filth did breed : But sparks , seed ,
drops ...
Wrath , jealousie , grief , love , do thus expel : Wrath is a fire , and jealousie a
weed , Grief is a food , and love a monster fell ; The fire of sparks , the weed of
little seed , The food of drops , the monster filth did breed : But sparks , seed ,
drops ...
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Mad - man ( said then the Palmer ) that does feek Occasion to wrath , and cause
of strife ; She comes unsought , and shunned follows eke , Happy who can
abstain , when rancour rife Kindles revenge , and threats his rusty knife ; Woe
never ...
Mad - man ( said then the Palmer ) that does feek Occasion to wrath , and cause
of strife ; She comes unsought , and shunned follows eke , Happy who can
abstain , when rancour rife Kindles revenge , and threats his rusty knife ; Woe
never ...
Page 239
Whom bold Cymochles travelling to find , With cruel purpose bent to wreak on
him The wrath , which Atin kindled in his mind , Came to a river , hy whose utmost
brim Waiting to pass , he saw whereas did fwim Along the shore , as swift as ...
Whom bold Cymochles travelling to find , With cruel purpose bent to wreak on
him The wrath , which Atin kindled in his mind , Came to a river , hy whose utmost
brim Waiting to pass , he saw whereas did fwim Along the shore , as swift as ...
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edmond spenser is one of the great poet of mideval age.and we get the evidence in the fairy queen.that how he had procured himself
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appear arms bear beaſt beauty bitter blood bold brought cruel Dame dead deadly dear death deep delight doth dreadful eyes face fair Fairy fall falſe fame faſt fear fell fierce fight fire firſt force fore foul gentle goodly grace grief ground Guyon hand hard hath head heard heart heaven himſelf honour huge Knight Lady land laſt late leave light living look Lord mighty mind moſt mote never nigh noble nought pain powre Prince proud Queen quoth rage reſt ſad ſaid ſame ſaw ſecret ſee ſeem ſeem'd ſelf ſhall ſhame ſhe ſhield ſhould ſide ſome ſoon ſtill ſtrong ſuch ſweet tell thee theſe things thoſe thou thought Till turn unto weary whiles whoſe wicked wide 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.
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| Title | The Fairy Queen, Volume 1 The Fairy Queen, Edmund Spenser Volume 1 of The Fairy Queen. ...: With a Glossary, Explaining the Old and Obscure Words. : in Two Volumes, Edmund Spenser |
| Author | Edmund Spenser |
| Publisher | J. and R. Tonson, 1758 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 16 Jul 2007 |
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