 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...  The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser - Page 150by Edmund Spenser - 1839Full view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1788 - 550 pages
...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...continually did well Out of this fountaine, sweet and fairs to see, The which into an ample laver fell, And shortly grew to so great quantitie, That like... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 600 pages
...in his native hew ; For the rich metall was so coloured, That wight, who did not well avis'd itvew, Would surely deeme it to bee yvie trew : Low his lascivious...flowres they fearefully did steepe, Which drops of christal 1 seemd for wantones to weep. Infinit streames continually did well Out of this fountaine,... | |
 | John Black - 1810 - 460 pages
...metall was so coloured, That wight who did not well avis'd it vew Would surely deem it to be ivie true : Low his lascivious armes adown did creepe That themselves dipping in the silver dew Their fleecie flow'rs they tenderly did steepe, Which drops of crystall'seem'd for wantonness to weepe. 62... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 610 pages
...in his native hew ; For the rich melall 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 ado" n did creepe, That themselves dipping in the silver dew Their fleecy flowres they fearefully did... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...fleecie flowres they tenderly did steepe, Which drops of crystal! seem'd for wantoone* to weepe. Infinite streames continually did well Out of this fountaine, sweet and faire to tee, The which into an ample laver fell. And shortly grew to so great quantitie, That like a little... | |
 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1831 - 1038 pages
...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...Which drops of christall seemd for wantones to weep. Infinit streames continually did well Out of this fountaine, sweet ar.d faire to see, The which into... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1836 - 390 pages
...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...Which drops of christall seemd for wantones to weep. I niiiiit streames continually did well Out of this fountaine, sweet and faire to see, The which into... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1836 - 336 pages
...; Low his laseivious armes adown did creepe, That themselves dipping in the silver dew Thcir fleeey flowres they fearefully did steepe, Which drops of christall seemd for wantones to weep. l :itinit streames continually did well Out of this fountaine, sweet and faire to see, The which into... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1843 - 388 pages
...his native hew ; For the rich infiali was so coloured, That wight, who did not well avis'd it vew, Would surely deeme it to bee yvie trew : Low his lascivious...steepe, Which drops of christall seemd for wantones to weop. Infinit streames continually did well Out of this fountaine, sweete and faire to see, The which... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...wight, who did not well avised it vew, Would surely deeme it to bee yvie trew : Low his lascivious6 armes adown did creepe, That themselves dipping in the silver dew, Their fleecy flowers they fearefully did steepe, Which drops of christall seemed for wantonesse to weep. Infinit... | |
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