Complete Works of Edmund SpenserMacmillan, 1893 - 736 pages |
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... fell all for nuttes at strife ? For like to me was libertie and life . To be sure he is here writing in the language of pastoral poetry , that is , the language of this passage is metaphorical ; but it is equally clear that the writer ...
... fell all for nuttes at strife ? For like to me was libertie and life . To be sure he is here writing in the language of pastoral poetry , that is , the language of this passage is metaphorical ; but it is equally clear that the writer ...
Page 34
... fell he 10 where doth appeare , But vanisht is . The Elfe him calls alowd , But answer none receives ; the darknes him does shrowd . XIV In haste Duessa from her place arose , And to him running said ; ' O ! prowest knight , To her ...
... fell he 10 where doth appeare , But vanisht is . The Elfe him calls alowd , But answer none receives ; the darknes him does shrowd . XIV In haste Duessa from her place arose , And to him running said ; ' O ! prowest knight , To her ...
Page 41
... fell he grew , That his own syre , and maister of his guise , Did often tremble at his horrid vew ; And oft , for dread of hurt , would him advise The angry beastes not rashly to despise , Nor too much to provoke ; for he would learne ...
... fell he grew , That his own syre , and maister of his guise , Did often tremble at his horrid vew ; And oft , for dread of hurt , would him advise The angry beastes not rashly to despise , Nor too much to provoke ; for he would learne ...
Page 42
... fell for paine . The knight her lightly reared up againe , And comforted with curteous kind reliefe : Then , wonne from death , she bad him tellen plaine The further processe of her hidden griefe : The lesser pangs can beare who hath ...
... fell for paine . The knight her lightly reared up againe , And comforted with curteous kind reliefe : Then , wonne from death , she bad him tellen plaine The further processe of her hidden griefe : The lesser pangs can beare who hath ...
Page 70
... fell , And fercely tooke his trenchand blade in hand , That nothing seemd the puissaunce could with- Upon his crest the hardned yron fell , [ stand : But his more hardned crest was armd so well , That deeper dint therein it would not ...
... fell , And fercely tooke his trenchand blade in hand , That nothing seemd the puissaunce could with- Upon his crest the hardned yron fell , [ stand : But his more hardned crest was armd so well , That deeper dint therein it would not ...
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