Edmund Spenser's Knight of the red cross; or Holiness [The faerie queene, book 1]. The antique spelling is modernized, obsolete words are displaced [&c., by W. Horton].John Mason, 1850 - 132 páginas |
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... till that time did he never wield : His angry steed did chide his foaming bit , As much disdaining to the curb to yield : Full jolly knight he seemed , and fair did sit , As one for knightly jousts and fierce encounters fit . And on his ...
... till that time did he never wield : His angry steed did chide his foaming bit , As much disdaining to the curb to yield : Full jolly knight he seemed , and fair did sit , As one for knightly jousts and fierce encounters fit . And on his ...
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... Till that infernal fiend with foul uproar Much wasted all their land , and them expelled ; Whom to avenge she had this knight from far compelled . Behind her far away a dwarf did lag , That lazy seemed , in being ever last , Or wearied ...
... Till that infernal fiend with foul uproar Much wasted all their land , and them expelled ; Whom to avenge she had this knight from far compelled . Behind her far away a dwarf did lag , That lazy seemed , in being ever last , Or wearied ...
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... Till that some end they find , or in or out , That path they take that beaten seemed most bare , And like to lead the labyrinth about ; Which when by track they hunted had throughout , At length it brought them to a hollow cave Amidst ...
... Till that some end they find , or in or out , That path they take that beaten seemed most bare , And like to lead the labyrinth about ; Which when by track they hunted had throughout , At length it brought them to a hollow cave Amidst ...
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... Till , weary of their way , they came at last Where grew two goodly trees , that fair did spread Their arms abroad , with gray moss overcast ; And their green leaves , trembling with every blast , Made a calm shadow far in compass round ...
... Till , weary of their way , they came at last Where grew two goodly trees , that fair did spread Their arms abroad , with gray moss overcast ; And their green leaves , trembling with every blast , Made a calm shadow far in compass round ...
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... Till on a day , that day is every prime , " When witches must do penance for their crime , 6 I chanced to see her in her proper hue , ' Bathing herself in marjoram and thyme : ' A filthy foul old woman I did view , ' That ever to have ...
... Till on a day , that day is every prime , " When witches must do penance for their crime , 6 I chanced to see her in her proper hue , ' Bathing herself in marjoram and thyme : ' A filthy foul old woman I did view , ' That ever to have ...
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Términos y frases comunes
aged amazed arms bear beast began behold blood body brought cause cruel dame dead deadly dear death deep dismayed doth dread DUESSA earth eyes face fair faith fall false fear fell fierce fight fire force foul gentle goodly grace grief ground hand haste hath head hear heard heart heaven heavenly heavy holy huge iron knight lady land late leave light living look lord mighty mind never nigh nought once pain pass pride prince proud queen quoth rage REDCROSS knight rest secret seemed shield side sight soon sore sorrow sound sprite stay stood strong sweet tell thee things thou thought Till tree true turn unto wandering weary wide wight wise wondrous wont wood wound wrath wretched yield
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Página 27 - As the great eye of heaven, shined bright, And made a sunshine in the shady place: Did never mortal eye behold such heavenly grace. It fortuned...
Página 7 - The laurel, meed of mighty conquerors And poets sage, the fir that weepeth still. The willow, worn of forlorn paramours, The yew obedient to the bender's will, The birch for shafts, the sallow for the mill...
Página 104 - She was a woman in her freshest age, Of wondrous beauty, and of bounty rare, With goodly grace and comely personage...
Página 7 - That lasie seemd in being ever last, Or wearied with bearing of her bag Of needments at his backe.
Página 10 - That from their noyance he no where can rest, But with his clownish hands their tender wings He brusheth oft, and oft doth mar their murmurings.
Página 6 - A lovely Ladie rode him faire beside, Upon a lowly Asse more white then snow. Yet she much whiter ; but the same did hide Under a vele...
Página 95 - Is not short paine well borne, that brings long ease, And layes the soule to sleepe in quiet grave? Sleepe after toyle, port after stormie seas, Ease after warre, death after life does greatly please.
Página 11 - 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 14 - And more to lull him in his slumber soft, A trickling stream, from high rock tumbling down, And ever drizzling rain upon the loft, Mixed with a murmuring wind, much like the sound Of swarming bees, did cast him in a swound: No other noise, nor people's troublous cries, As still are wont t' annoy the walled town, Might there be heard; but careless Quiet lies, Wrapt in eternal silence, far from enemies.
Página 13 - The drooping night thus creepeth on them fast ; And the sad humour, loading their eye-lids, As messenger of Morpheus, on them cast Sweet slumbering dew ; the which to sleep them bids.