Complete Works of Edmund SpenserMacmillan, 1893 - 736 pages |
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Page ix
... wise , what earthly witt so ware What man that sees the ever - whirling wheele What Tygre , or what other salvage wight What vertue is so fitting for a knight What warre so cruel , or what siege so sore When I behold that beauties ...
... wise , what earthly witt so ware What man that sees the ever - whirling wheele What Tygre , or what other salvage wight What vertue is so fitting for a knight What warre so cruel , or what siege so sore When I behold that beauties ...
Page ix
... wise , what earthly witt so ware What man that sees the ever - whirling wheele What Tygre , or what other salvage wight What vertue is so fitting for a knight 60 43 423 337 . 366 7 549 . The soverayne beauty which I doo admire The waies ...
... wise , what earthly witt so ware What man that sees the ever - whirling wheele What Tygre , or what other salvage wight What vertue is so fitting for a knight 60 43 423 337 . 366 7 549 . The soverayne beauty which I doo admire The waies ...
Page xxix
... , And seeke to please ; that now is counted wise mens threasure . In the Tears of the Muses Calliope says of certain persons of eminent rank : - Their great revenues all in sumptuous pride They spend that EDMUND SPENSER . xxix.
... , And seeke to please ; that now is counted wise mens threasure . In the Tears of the Muses Calliope says of certain persons of eminent rank : - Their great revenues all in sumptuous pride They spend that EDMUND SPENSER . xxix.
Page xxx
... wise in his generation not to pretend a virtue if he had it not , when circumstances called for anything of the sort . When the Queen patronized literature , we may be sure Lord Burghley was too discreet to disparage and oppress it ...
... wise in his generation not to pretend a virtue if he had it not , when circumstances called for anything of the sort . When the Queen patronized literature , we may be sure Lord Burghley was too discreet to disparage and oppress it ...
Page lii
... wise between Eudoxus and Irenæus , though not printed , as has been said , till 1633 , seems to have enjoyed a considerable circulation in a manuscript form . There are manuscript copies of this tractate at Cambridge , at Dublin , at ...
... wise between Eudoxus and Irenæus , though not printed , as has been said , till 1633 , seems to have enjoyed a considerable circulation in a manuscript form . There are manuscript copies of this tractate at Cambridge , at Dublin , at ...
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Archimago armes Artegall beast behold brest Britomart brought Calidore chaunce chaunst cruell Dame Damzell daunger deadly deare death delight despight devize dight doth dreadfull earst Edmund Spenser Eftsoones Elfin knight evermore eyes Faerie Queene Faery Faery knight faire faire Lady farre fast fayre feare fell flowre fowle gentle goodly grace griefe groning Guyon hand hart hast hath heaven hight himselfe honour knight Lady late layd light litle living Lord Mayd mighty Mongst mote nigh noble nought Nymphes poet powre Prince Queene quoth rest sayd seemd selfe shame shee shepheards shew shield sight Sith skie sonne soone sore sory speach Spenser spide spright steed straunge streight Sunne sweet Talus thee thereof theyr things thou trew unto vaine vertue villein warlike weene weet whilome wight wize wondrous wonne wont wound wretched wyde yron