The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser: With the Life of the Author and the Critical Remarks of Hughes, Spence, Warton, Upton, and Hurd, 9. köide |
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The above ancient letter acquaints us , that the queen was entertained with a
song from this romance , which is a corroborative proof of its popularity at that
time . " A minstrall came forth • with a sollem soag warranted for story out of • king
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The above ancient letter acquaints us , that the queen was entertained with a
song from this romance , which is a corroborative proof of its popularity at that
time . " A minstrall came forth • with a sollem soag warranted for story out of • king
...
Page 174
In that Faerie Queene , ' says he in his letter to Sir W. R. , ' I mean Glory in my
general intention : but in my particular I conceive the most excellent and glorious
person of our Soveraine the Queene , and AER KINGDOMe in Faery Land .
In that Faerie Queene , ' says he in his letter to Sir W. R. , ' I mean Glory in my
general intention : but in my particular I conceive the most excellent and glorious
person of our Soveraine the Queene , and AER KINGDOMe in Faery Land .
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I • devise , says the poet himself in his Letter to • Sir W. Raleigh , that the Faerie
Queene kept • her annual feaste xii days , upon which xii seve• ral days the
occasions of the xii several adven : tures hapened ; which being undertaken by
xii ...
I • devise , says the poet himself in his Letter to • Sir W. Raleigh , that the Faerie
Queene kept • her annual feaste xii days , upon which xii seve• ral days the
occasions of the xii several adven : tures hapened ; which being undertaken by
xii ...
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That when we did arrive , Gainst the stream we did strive ; They would neither
lead nor drive ; IV . Nor lend An ear to a friend , Nor an answer would send To our
letter so well penn'd ; V. Nor assist our affairs With their monies nor their ( 15 ) On
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That when we did arrive , Gainst the stream we did strive ; They would neither
lead nor drive ; IV . Nor lend An ear to a friend , Nor an answer would send To our
letter so well penn'd ; V. Nor assist our affairs With their monies nor their ( 15 ) On
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And with that wicked lie A letter they came by From our king's Majesty . XIII , But
Fate Brought the letter too late ; " Twas of too old a date To relieve their damn'd
state . XIV . The letter's to be seen , With seal of wax so green , At Dantzig , where
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And with that wicked lie A letter they came by From our king's Majesty . XIII , But
Fate Brought the letter too late ; " Twas of too old a date To relieve their damn'd
state . XIV . The letter's to be seen , With seal of wax so green , At Dantzig , where
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Page v - And hate for arts that caused himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike; Alike...
Page 135 - And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication : and upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Page 135 - And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held : and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth...
Page 5 - The mower's hopes nor mock the ploughman's toil, But God-like his unwearied bounty flows, First loves to do, then loves the good he does. Nor are his blessings to his banks...
Page ix - Horace his wit and Virgil's state He did not steal, but emulate! And when he would like them appear, Their garb, but not their clothes, did wear.
Page 84 - With mazy error under pendent shades Ran Nectar, visiting each plant, and fed Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice art In beds and curious knots, but nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain, Both where the morning sun first warmly smote The open field, and where the unpierced shade Imbrown'd the noontide bowers. Thus was this place A happy rural seat of various view...
Page 136 - In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Page 12 - Three kingdoms' wonder, and three kingdoms' fear. While single he stood forth, and seem'd, although Each had an army, as an equal foe ; Such was his force of eloquence to make The hearers more concern'd than he that spake : Each seem'd to act that part he came to see, And none was more a looker-on than he ; So did he move our passions, some were known To wish, for the defence, the crime their own. Now private pity strove with public hate, Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate.
Page 14 - Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That owned the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...
Page 65 - ... poesie is of so subtle a spirit, that in pouring out of one language into another, it will all evaporate; and if a new spirit" be not added in the transfusion, there will remain nothing but a caput mortuum...