Spenser and the Faery QueenWiley, 1847 - 246 páginas |
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... gentle , the noble , the tender Sidney , -Astrophel , of whom it was said- " Ne spight itselfe , that all good things doth spill , Found aught in him that she could say was ill , " stands first upon the list . * Sidney loved his 2 ...
... gentle , the noble , the tender Sidney , -Astrophel , of whom it was said- " Ne spight itselfe , that all good things doth spill , Found aught in him that she could say was ill , " stands first upon the list . * Sidney loved his 2 ...
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... gentle poet , with his elegant taste , his delicacy , his high - soaring imagination , teem- ing even then with the magnificent conceptions which afterwards found birth in the Faëry Queen , -among the waiting crowd which swayed to and ...
... gentle poet , with his elegant taste , his delicacy , his high - soaring imagination , teem- ing even then with the magnificent conceptions which afterwards found birth in the Faëry Queen , -among the waiting crowd which swayed to and ...
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... gentle poet the charm which springs from respect as a heightener of affection . The 66 Epithalamion , " which he wrote on his own marriage , is among his most exquisite productions . It has been considered the most beautiful nuptial ...
... gentle poet the charm which springs from respect as a heightener of affection . The 66 Epithalamion , " which he wrote on his own marriage , is among his most exquisite productions . It has been considered the most beautiful nuptial ...
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... gentle spright ; The rest be works of Nature's wonderment ; But this the work of heart's astonishment . " In 1596 , were published the fourth , fifth , and sixth books of the Faëry Queen , with a reprint of the first three . Six books ...
... gentle spright ; The rest be works of Nature's wonderment ; But this the work of heart's astonishment . " In 1596 , were published the fourth , fifth , and sixth books of the Faëry Queen , with a reprint of the first three . Six books ...
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... GENTLE knight was pricking on the plain , All clad in mighty arms and silver shield , Wherein old dints of deep wounds did remain , The cruel marks of many a bloody field ; Yet arms till that time did he never wield : His angry steed ...
... GENTLE knight was pricking on the plain , All clad in mighty arms and silver shield , Wherein old dints of deep wounds did remain , The cruel marks of many a bloody field ; Yet arms till that time did he never wield : His angry steed ...
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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 dread earth earthly Edmund Spenser Eftsoons elfin knight erst evermore eyes Faery Faëry Queen fair fair lady fall false Duessa fast fear feeble fell fierce foul Gabriel Harvey gentle Gloriane goodly grace grief ground hand haste hath heart heaven heavenly hight holy honor House of Pride huge lady late light living wight lord mighty never nigh noble nought pain poem poet poetry pride prince proud quake quoth rage Redcross knight Saracen Satyrs 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 wise woful wondrous wont words wound wrath wretched XXVIII
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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 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 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; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers...
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 17 - to represent all the moral virtues, assigning to every virtue a Knight to be the patron and defender of the same, in whose actions and feats of arms and chivalry the operations of that virtue, whereof he is the protector, are to be expressed, and the vices and unruly appetites that oppose themselves against the same, to be beaten down and overcome.
Página 55 - And, more to lull him in his slumber soft, A trickling stream from high rock tumbling down, And ever-drizzling rain upon the loft, Mixt with a murmuring wind, much like the sound Of swarming bees, did cast him in a swown. No other noise, nor peoples troublous cries, As still are wont t...
Página 48 - A litle glooming light, much like a shade, By which he saw the ugly monster plaine, Halfe like a serpent horribly displaide, But th' other halfe did womans shape retaine, Most lothsom, filthie, foule, and full of vile disdaine.
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 146 - Upon the top of all his loftie crest, A bunch of haires discolourd diversly, With sprincled pearle, and gold full richly drest, Did shake, and seemd to daunce for jollity; Like to an almond tree ymounted hye On top of greene Selinis all alone, With blossoms brave bedecked daintily; Whose tender locks do tremble every one At every little breath, that under heaven is blowne.