Yet childe ne kinsman living had he none To leave them to ; but thorough daily care To get, and nightly feare to lose his owne, He led a wretched life, unto himselfe unknowne. Most wretched wight, whom nothing might suffise ; Whose greedy lust did lacke... The Fairy Queen - Page 62by Edmund Spenser - 1758Full view - About this book
| Robert Frederick Brewer - English language - 1893 - 402 pages
...backe and bellie still did spare, To fill his bags, and richesse to compare : Yet childe ne kinsman living had he none To leave them to ; but thorough daily care To get, and nightly feare to lose, his owne, He led a wretched life, unto himselfe unknowne. I care not, Korlune, what... | |
| Edmund Spenser - Epic poetry, English - 1893 - 426 pages
...backe and belly still did spare, To fill his bags, and richesse to compare : Yet childe ne kinsman living had he none To leave them to ; but thorough daily care To get, and nightly feare to lose his owne, He led a wretched life, unto himselfe unknowns. 29 Most wretched wight, whom... | |
| James Baldwin - Allegories - 1893 - 332 pages
...backe and belly still did spare, To fill his bags, and richesse to compare ; Yet childe ne kinsman living had he none To leave them to ; but thorough daily care To get, and nightly feare to lose his owne, He led a wretched life, unto himselfe unknowne. Most wretched wight, whom nothing... | |
| William John Courthope - English poetry - 1897 - 478 pages
...the rest, which winds round her breast in a knot." — OF canto xlii. 46, 47. Yet childe ne kinsman living had he none To leave them to ; but thorough daily care To get, and nightly feare to lose his owne, He led a wretched life unto himself unknowne. Most greedie wight, whom nothing... | |
| Edmund Spenser - Epic poetry, English - 1905 - 266 pages
...backe and belly still did spare, To fill his bags, and richesse to compare : 1 Yet childe ne kinsman living had he none To leave them to ; but thorough daily care To get, and nightly feare to lose his owne, He led a wretched life, unto himself e unknowne. XXIX Most wretched wight,... | |
| Frederick Rogers - Deadly sins - 1907 - 152 pages
...from backe and belly still did spare, To fill his bags, and richesse to compare ; Yet child ne kinsman living had he none To leave them to ; but thorough daily care To get, and nightly feare to lose his owne, He led a wretched life unto himselfe unknown." In this description of Avarice... | |
| Edmund Spenser - Poetry - 1908 - 892 pages
...from backe and belly still did spare, To fill his bags, and richesse to compare; Yet childc ne kinsman living had he none To leave them to; but thorough daily care To get, and nightly feare to lose his owne, He led a wretched life, unto him selfe unknowne. XXIX Most wretched wight,... | |
| Edmund Spenser - 1910 - 800 pages
...backe and belly still did spare, To fill his bags, and richesse to compare : Yet childe ne kinsman living had he none To leave them to ; but thorough daily care To get, and nightly feare to lose his owne. He led a wretched life, unto himselfe unknowne. Most wretched wight, whom nothing... | |
| English poetry - 1912 - 572 pages
...from backe and belly still did spare, To fill his bags, and richesse to compare; Yet chylde ne kinsman living had he none To leave them to; but thorough daily care To get, and nightly feare to lose his owne, He led a wretched life, unto him selfe unknowne. Most wretched wight, whom... | |
| Lucius Hudson Holt - English poetry - 1915 - 956 pages
...backe and belly still did spare, To fill his bags, and richesse to compare ; Yet childe ne kinsman d On Idra's cliff as Arno's shelvy side; And though the rocky - crested summits feare to lose his owne, lie led a wretched life, unto him selfe unknowne. XXIX Most wretched wight,... | |
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