Spenser and the Faery QueenWiley, 1847 - 246 páginas |
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... side or the other , ―subject to the insolence of courtiers who had been taught to regard gorgeous apparel as the measure of dignity , and feeling , in all its bitterness , what he so well expressed in one of his satires- " Whoever ...
... side or the other , ―subject to the insolence of courtiers who had been taught to regard gorgeous apparel as the measure of dignity , and feeling , in all its bitterness , what he so well expressed in one of his satires- " Whoever ...
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... side of a fine lake , in the midst of an extensive plain , whose horizon was made picturesque by distant mountains . The views about this spot - hallowed by the birth of the Faëry Queen - are still charming , though less richly wooded ...
... side of a fine lake , in the midst of an extensive plain , whose horizon was made picturesque by distant mountains . The views about this spot - hallowed by the birth of the Faëry Queen - are still charming , though less richly wooded ...
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... sides to ascertain that no " pepper - corn of praise " be wanting ; and we perceive that she takes her airing more for the sake of exhibiting her state , than to be " With pleasance of the breathing fields yfed- " exactly 3 * SPENSER ...
... sides to ascertain that no " pepper - corn of praise " be wanting ; and we perceive that she takes her airing more for the sake of exhibiting her state , than to be " With pleasance of the breathing fields yfed- " exactly 3 * SPENSER ...
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... his eyes were dazzled with the surpassing brightness of the present , or soothed with milder glories in long array , mellowing away on both sides of the Enchanted Vale , while towers and temples , 40 SPENSER AND THE FAERY QUEEN .
... his eyes were dazzled with the surpassing brightness of the present , or soothed with milder glories in long array , mellowing away on both sides of the Enchanted Vale , while towers and temples , 40 SPENSER AND THE FAERY QUEEN .
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... side , Far from resort of people , that did pass , In travel to and fro : a little wide There was an holy chapel edified , * Wherein the hermit duly wont to say His holy things each morn and eventide : Thereby a christal stream did ...
... side , Far from resort of people , that did pass , In travel to and fro : a little wide There was an holy chapel edified , * Wherein the hermit duly wont to say His holy things each morn and eventide : Thereby a christal stream did ...
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adamant rock adown allegory Archimago arms baleful beast behold blood CANTO corse courser cruel cursed dame deadly dear death delight dight dismay'd doth double echo dreadful earth earthly Edmund Spenser Eftsoons elfin knight erst eyes Faery Faëry Queen fair fair lady fall false Duessa fast fear feeble fell fierce foul Gabriel Harvey gentle goodly grace grief ground hand haste hath heart heaven heavenly hight holy honor House of Pride huge lady late LEIGH HUNT light living wight lord mighty never nigh noble nought pain poem poet poetry pride prince proud quoth rage Redcross knight Saracen seem'd Shakspeare shield Sidney sight sinful bands sire sore sorrow Spenser spright steed sweet thee thence Therewith thou trembling unto wandring weary ween whenas WILLIAM HAZLITT wise woful wondrous wont words wound wrath wretched XXXIII
Pasajes populares
Página 7 - Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What hell it is, in suing long to bide ; To lose good days that might be better spent : To waste long nights in pensive discontent ; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow...
Página 76 - The lion would not leave her desolate, But with her went along, as a strong guard Of her chaste person, and a faithful mate Of her sad troubles and misfortunes hard ; Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward; And, when she waked, he waited diligent, With humble service to her will prepared : From her fair eyes he took commandement, And ever by her looks conceived her intent.
Página 41 - What thou art, we know not ; What is most like thee ? From rainbow clouds there flow not Drops so bright to see, As from thy presence showers a rain of melody.
Página 74 - And laid her stole aside : her angel's face, As the great eye of heaven, shined bright, And made a sunshine in the shady place; Did never mortal eye behold such heavenly grace.
Página 44 - 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.
Página 31 - AND is there care in heaven ? and is there love In heavenly spirits to these creatures base, That may compassion of their evils move ? There is...
Página 9 - Fulke Greville, servant to Queen Elizabeth, counsellor to King James, and friend to Sir Philip Sidney.
Página 41 - HAIL to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou never wert, That from heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art Higher still and higher From the earth thou springest Like a cloud of fire; The blue deep thou wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest.
Página 53 - A little lowly hermitage it was, Down in a dale, hard by a forest's side, Far from resort of people, that did pass In travel to and fro : a little wide There was...
Página 19 - Fair is my love, when her fair golden hairs With the loose wind ye waving chance to mark ; Fair, when the rose in her red cheeks appears; Or in her eyes the fire of love does spark.