Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ...J. Bell, 1788 - English poetry |
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... mote seeme to bee , But rather y scuith gogh , signe of sad crueltee . XXV . His sonne King Leill by father's labour long Enioyd an heritage of lasting peace , And built Cairleill , and built Cairleon strong . Next Hudibras his realme ...
... mote seeme to bee , But rather y scuith gogh , signe of sad crueltee . XXV . His sonne King Leill by father's labour long Enioyd an heritage of lasting peace , And built Cairleill , and built Cairleon strong . Next Hudibras his realme ...
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... mote he thee , the prowest and most gent That every brandished bright steele on hye : Whom soone as that unruly rablement With his gay squyre issewing did espye , They reard a most outrageous dreadfull yelling cry : XVIII . And ...
... mote he thee , the prowest and most gent That every brandished bright steele on hye : Whom soone as that unruly rablement With his gay squyre issewing did espye , They reard a most outrageous dreadfull yelling cry : XVIII . And ...
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... mote recure their wounds ; so inly they did tine . XXII . As pale and wan as ashes was his looke , His body leane and meagre as a rake , And skin all withered like a dryed rooke ; Thereto as cold and drery as a snake , That seemd to ...
... mote recure their wounds ; so inly they did tine . XXII . As pale and wan as ashes was his looke , His body leane and meagre as a rake , And skin all withered like a dryed rooke ; Thereto as cold and drery as a snake , That seemd to ...
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... mote the passengers thereto allure ; But whosoever once hath fastened " His foot thereon may never it recure , " But wandreth evermore uncertein and unsure . XIII . " As th'Isle of Delos whylome , men report , " Amid thÆgean sea long ...
... mote the passengers thereto allure ; But whosoever once hath fastened " His foot thereon may never it recure , " But wandreth evermore uncertein and unsure . XIII . " As th'Isle of Delos whylome , men report , " Amid thÆgean sea long ...
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... mote feare to see , Or shame , that ever should so fowle defects From her most cunning hand escaped bee , All dreadfull pourtraicts of deformitee ; Spring - headed hydres , and sea - shouldring whales , Great whirlpooles , which all ...
... mote feare to see , Or shame , that ever should so fowle defects From her most cunning hand escaped bee , All dreadfull pourtraicts of deformitee ; Spring - headed hydres , and sea - shouldring whales , Great whirlpooles , which all ...
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Amoret armes battell beast beheld Belphoebe Blandamour bowre brest Britomart Britons CANTO chaunge cruell dame damzell daunger dayes deare despight devize dight dismayd doth dreadfull Eftsoones emongst eternall evermore Faery knight FAERY QUEENE faire faire ladies farre fayre feare fell fierce fight Florimell flowre fowle gentle Glauce goodly griefe groning hand hart hath herselfe hight himselfe inly knight ladies late light litle living mayd mighty mote nigh noble nought Paridell perill powre prince Proteus rest ryde Satyrane sayd Scudamour seemd seemed shame shee shew shield shyning sight sith skie sonne soone sore sory soveraine speare spide spright squire squyre steed straunge sunne sweet thee thence thereof thou thought trew Triamond unto vaine vertue villein warlike wearie weene weet whenas whilest wicked wight wize wondrous wonne wont wound wretched wyde XXVIII XXXII
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Page 77 - See the mind of beastly man, That hath so soone forgot the excellence Of his creation, when he life began, That now he chooseth with vile difference To be a beast, and lacke intelligence!
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Page 192 - Daily they grow, and daily forth are sent Into the world, it to replenish more; Yet is the stocke not lessened nor spent,
Page 73 - Gather therefore the Rose whilest yet is prime, For soone comes age that will her pride deflowre ; Gather the Rose of love whilest yet is time, Whilest loving thou mayst loved be with equall crime. He ceast ; and then gan all the quire of birdes Their diverse notes t...
Page 191 - Gardiner to sett or sow, To plant or prune ; for of their owne accord All things, as they created were, doe grow, And yet remember well the mighty word Which first was spoken by th...
Page 68 - And in the midst of all a fountaine stood, Of richest substance that on Earth might bee, So pure and shiny that the silver flood Through every channell running one might see ; Most goodly it with curious ymageree Was over-wrought, and shapes of naked boyes, Of which some seemd with lively jollitee To fly about, playing their wanton toyes, Whylest others did themselves embay in liquid joyes.
Page 56 - Which seem'd to fly for feare them to behold: Ne wonder, if these did the knight appall; For all, that here on earth we dreadfull hold, Be but as bugs to fearen babes withall, Compared to the creatures in the seas entrall. "Feare nought...
Page 36 - And, as she lookt about, she did behold How over that same dore was likewise writ, Be bolde, be bolde, and every where, Be bold ; That much she muz'd, yet could not construe it By any ridling skill, or commune wit. At last she spyde at that rowmes upper end Another yron dore, on which was writ, Be not too bold ; whereto though she did bend Her earnest minde, yet wist not what it might intend.
Page 68 - Out of this fountaine, sweet and faire to see, The which into an ample laver fell, And shortly grew to so great quantitie, That like a litle lake it seemd to bee; Whose depth exceeded not three cubits...
Page 64 - Mantled with greene, and goodly beautifide With all the ornaments of Floraes pride, Wherewith her mother Art, as halfe in scorne Of niggard Nature, like a pompous bride Did decke her, and too lavishly adorne, When forth from virgin bowre she comes in th