Book I of The Faery QueeneClarendon Press, 1869 - 251 páginas |
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... canto of his great work . His star set , wept by the unfortunate Earl of Essex , just as the other lights were rising in the firmament ; he had but a glimpse of the coming splendour , when he was cut off in the midst of his days . But ...
... canto of his great work . His star set , wept by the unfortunate Earl of Essex , just as the other lights were rising in the firmament ; he had but a glimpse of the coming splendour , when he was cut off in the midst of his days . But ...
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... canto of this book teems with the choicest beauties of imagination ; he came to it in the freshness of his genius , which shines throughout " . " The general bearings of the poem are marked out with sufficient distinctness by the poet ...
... canto of this book teems with the choicest beauties of imagination ; he came to it in the freshness of his genius , which shines throughout " . " The general bearings of the poem are marked out with sufficient distinctness by the poet ...
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... glorious type of thine , Una , truth . The argument of mine afflicted stile : The which to heare , vouchsafe , O dearest dread , a while . My lovely pen 3 CANTO I. The patron of true Holinesse foule Errour 2 THE FAERY QUEENE .
... glorious type of thine , Una , truth . The argument of mine afflicted stile : The which to heare , vouchsafe , O dearest dread , a while . My lovely pen 3 CANTO I. The patron of true Holinesse foule Errour 2 THE FAERY QUEENE .
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... day , fa Chatan And proov'd your strength on a strong enimie , Your first adventure : many such I pray , And henceforth ever wish that like succeed it may . & stévities . 28 Then mounted he upon his steede againe , And CANTO I. 9.
... day , fa Chatan And proov'd your strength on a strong enimie , Your first adventure : many such I pray , And henceforth ever wish that like succeed it may . & stévities . 28 Then mounted he upon his steede againe , And CANTO I. 9.
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... of pleasing wordes had store , And well could file his tongue as smooth as glas , He told of saintes and popes , and evermore He strowd an Ave - Mary after and before . ~ moisture the rivis Z wailing 36 The drouping night thus CANTO I. II.
... of pleasing wordes had store , And well could file his tongue as smooth as glas , He told of saintes and popes , and evermore He strowd an Ave - Mary after and before . ~ moisture the rivis Z wailing 36 The drouping night thus CANTO I. II.
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Archimago Ariosto armes armour beast blood bloud brest CANTO Chaucer cloth College cruell dame dead deadly deare death doth dragon dread dreadfull Du Cange Edition elfin knight English eternall eyes Faery Queene faire fall fast fcap feare fell fierce fight gentle Gloss goodly Goth grace griefe groning hand hart hath heaven heavenly hight house of Pride Icel king lady Latin light Lord Lord Leicester mighty never nigh nought Oriel College Oxford paine Paynim phrase poets powre pret pride Prince Arthur proud quoth rage Red Cross Red Cross Knight says seemd seems selfe sense Shepheards Calender shew shield shyning sight sonne sore sorrow Spenser spide stanza subst Tale thee thence thou tree truth unto vaine verb viii wandring weary weene whence wondrous wont word wound wyde yron
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Página 10 - At length they chaunst to meet upon the way An aged Sire, in long blacke weedes yclad, His feete all bare, his beard all hoarie gray, And by his belt his booke he hanging had ; Sober he seemde, and very sagely sad, And to the ground his eyes were lowly bent, Simple in shew, and voide of malice bad, And all the way he prayed, as he went, And often knockt his brest, as one that did repent.
Página 69 - And oft, for dread of hurt, would him advise The angry beastes not rashly to despise, Nor too much to provoke ; for he would learne The Lyon stoup to him in lowly wise, (A lesson hard) and make the Libbard sterne Leave roaring, when in rage he for revenge did earne.
Página 4 - Behind her farre away a Dwarfe did lag, That lasie seemd, in being ever last, Or wearied with bearing of her bag Of needments at his backe.
Página 168 - Abhorred Styx, the flood of deadly hate; Sad Acheron, of sorrow, black and deep; Cocytus, named of lamentation loud Heard on the rueful stream; fierce Phlegethon, Whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage.
Página 3 - Crosse he bore, The deare remembrance of his dying Lord, For whose sweete sake that glorious badge he wore, And dead, as living, ever him ador'd : Upon his shield the like was also scor'd, For soveraine hope which in his helpe he had. Right faithfull true he was in deede and word, But of his cheere did seeme too solemne sad; Yet nothing did he dread, but ever was ydrad.
Página 152 - The blazing brightnesse of her beauties beame, And glorious light of her sunshyny face, To tell, were as to strive against the streame: My ragged rimes are all too rude and bace Her heavenly lineaments for to enchace. Ne wonder; for her own deare loved knight, All were she dayly with himselfe in place, Did wonder much at her celestial! sight: Oft had he seene her faire, but never so faire dight.
Página 8 - Her vomit full of bookes and papers was, With loathly frogs and toades, which eyes did lacke, And creeping sought way in the weedy gras : Her filthie parbreake all the place defiled has.
Página 114 - Come, come away, fraile, feeble, fleshly wight, Ne let vaine words bewitch thy manly hart) Ne divelish thoughts dismay thy constant spright. In heavenly mercies hast thou not a part ? Why shouldst thou then despeire, that chosen art?
Página 11 - A little lowly Hermitage it was, Downe in a dale, hard by a forests side, Far from resort of people, that did pas In...
Página 3 - To prove his puissance in battell brave Upon his foe, and his new force to learne; Upon his foe, a Dragon horrible and stearne.