The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 2William Pickering, 1839 - English poetry |
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... Soone as he Guyon saw , in great affright And haste he rose for to remove aside Those pretious hils from straungers envious sight , And downe them poured through an hole full wide Into the hollow earth , them there to hide : But Guyon ...
... Soone as he Guyon saw , in great affright And haste he rose for to remove aside Those pretious hils from straungers envious sight , And downe them poured through an hole full wide Into the hollow earth , them there to hide : But Guyon ...
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... Soone as he entred was , the dore streightway Did shutt , and from behind it forth there lept An Ugly Feend , more fowle then dismall day ; The which with monstrous stalke behind him stept , And ever as he went dew watch upon him kept ...
... Soone as he entred was , the dore streightway Did shutt , and from behind it forth there lept An Ugly Feend , more fowle then dismall day ; The which with monstrous stalke behind him stept , And ever as he went dew watch upon him kept ...
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... Soone as those glitterand armes he did espye , That with their brightnesse made that darknes light , His harmefull club he gan to hurtle 7 hye , And threaten batteill to the Faery Knight ; Who likewise gan himselfe to batteill dight , 1 ...
... Soone as those glitterand armes he did espye , That with their brightnesse made that darknes light , His harmefull club he gan to hurtle 7 hye , And threaten batteill to the Faery Knight ; Who likewise gan himselfe to batteill dight , 1 ...
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... the earth might suffred be to stay : So backe againe him brought to living light . 1 Lust , avarice . Forthy , therefore . 3 Then , than . But all so soone as his enfeebled spright Gan sucke 30 B. II . THE FAERIE QUEENE .
... the earth might suffred be to stay : So backe againe him brought to living light . 1 Lust , avarice . Forthy , therefore . 3 Then , than . But all so soone as his enfeebled spright Gan sucke 30 B. II . THE FAERIE QUEENE .
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Edmund Spenser. But all so soone as his enfeebled spright Gan sucke this vitall ayre into his brest , As overcome with too exceeding might , The life did flit away out of her nest , And all his sences were with deadly fit opprest ...
Edmund Spenser. But all so soone as his enfeebled spright Gan sucke this vitall ayre into his brest , As overcome with too exceeding might , The life did flit away out of her nest , And all his sences were with deadly fit opprest ...
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armes attonce batteill beast Belphoebe bold bowre brest bright Britomart Britons brought canto carcas chaunge corage courser cruell Dame Damzell daunger deare death deedes despight devize Dight dismayd doth dreadfull earst Eftsoones emongst ensample eternall evermore FAERIE QUEENE Faery Faery Knight faire faire Ladies fayre feare fearefull feendes Florimell flowre Forthy fowle fownd gentle goodly Gorlois griefe groning grownd Guyon hart hath herselfe heven hight himselfe Hippodames huge Knight Lady late light living Malbecco Mammon Mayd mighty mote nigh noble nought Palmer Paridell powre Prince rowme Satyrane sayd seemd shame shee shield sight Sith sonne soone sore soveraine speare Spenser spide spright Squyre stanza steed straunge sunne sweet thee thou trew unto vaine Villein wanton warlike weene weet whenas Whylome wicked wight wize wondrous wonne wound wyde XLVII XXIII
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Page 32 - But, oh! the exceeding grace Of highest God ! that loves his creatures so, And all his works with mercy doth embrace, That blessed angels he sends to and fro, To serve to wicked man, — to serve his wicked foe.
Page 150 - And over all of purest gold was spred A trayle of yvie in his native hew; For the rich metall was so coloured, That wight who did not well avis'd it vew Would surely deeme it to bee yvie trew: Low his lascivious armes adown did creepe, That themselves dipping in the silver dew Their fleecy flowres they fearefully did steepe, Which drops of Christall seemd for wantones to weep.
Page 153 - Eftsoones they heard a most melodious sound, Of all that mote delight a daintie eare, Such as attonce might not on living ground, Save in this Paradise, be heard elsewhere : Right hard it was for wight which did it heare, To read what manner musicke that mote bee ; For all that pleasing is to living eare Was there consorted in one harmonee ; Birdes, voices, instruments, windes, waters, all agree ; The joyous birdes, shrouded in chearefull shade, Their notes unto the voice attempred sweet ; Th...
Page 32 - And is there care in Heaven ? and is there love In heavenly spirits to these creatures base, That may compassion of their evils move ? There is...
Page 154 - And all that while, right over him she hong, With her false eyes fast fixed in his sight, As seeking medicine, whence she was stong, Or greedily depasturing delight : And oft inclining downe with kisses light, For feare of waking him, his lips bedewd, And through his humid eyes did sucke his spright, Quite molten into lust and pleasure lewd ; Wherewith she sighed soft, as if his case she rewd.
Page 14 - What secret place," quoth he, " can safely hold So huge a masse, and hide from heavens eie? Or where hast thou thy wonne, that so much gold Thou canst preserve from wrong and robbery ? " " Come thou," quoth he,
Page 291 - He letteth in, he letteth out to wend, All that to come into the world desire; A thousand thousand naked babes...
Page 153 - Right hard it was for wight which did it heare, To read what manner musicke that mote bee ; For all that pleasing is to living eare Was there consorted in one harmonee ; Birdes, voices, instruments, windes, waters, all agree ; The joyous birdes, shrouded in chearefull shade, Their notes unto the voice attempred sweet ; Th' Angelicall soft trembling voyces made To th...
Page 8 - So, long he yode, yet no adventure found, Which fame of her shrill trompet worthy reedes ; For still he traveild through wide wastfull ground, That nought but desert wildernesse shewed all around.
Page 17 - Such as a lamp, whose life does fade away; Or as the moone, cloathed with clowdy night, Does shew to him that walkes in feare and sad affright.