Cyclopædia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Time, Connected by a Critical and Biographical History, Volume 1Robert Chambers Gould and Lincoln, 1854 - Authors, English |
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Page 86
... Faery Queen , which he had then begun , 1576. While Spenser was at Pembroke , Gabriel and tried English hexameters , forgetting , to use the Harvey , the future astrologer , was at Christ's Col- witty words of Nash , that the hexameter ...
... Faery Queen , which he had then begun , 1576. While Spenser was at Pembroke , Gabriel and tried English hexameters , forgetting , to use the Harvey , the future astrologer , was at Christ's Col- witty words of Nash , that the hexameter ...
Page 87
... Faery Queen , and received the visits of Raleigh , whom he fancifully styled ' the Shepherd of the Ocean ; ' and here he brought home his wife , the Elizabeth ' of his sonnets , welcom- ing her with that noble strain of pure and fervent ...
... Faery Queen , and received the visits of Raleigh , whom he fancifully styled ' the Shepherd of the Ocean ; ' and here he brought home his wife , the Elizabeth ' of his sonnets , welcom- ing her with that noble strain of pure and fervent ...
Page 88
... Faery Queen was years afterwards by Anne , countess of Dorset . His enthusiastically received . It could scarcely , indeed , widow , the fair Elizabeth , whose bridal bower at be otherwise , considering how well it was adapted Kilcolman ...
... Faery Queen was years afterwards by Anne , countess of Dorset . His enthusiastically received . It could scarcely , indeed , widow , the fair Elizabeth , whose bridal bower at be otherwise , considering how well it was adapted Kilcolman ...
Page 89
... Faery Queen without recalling its wondrous scenes of enchantment and beauty , and feeling ourselves lulled , as it ... queen of fairy lond , ) To win him worship , and her grace to have , Which of all earthly things he most did crave ...
... Faery Queen without recalling its wondrous scenes of enchantment and beauty , and feeling ourselves lulled , as it ... queen of fairy lond , ) To win him worship , and her grace to have , Which of all earthly things he most did crave ...
Page 93
... Faery Queen , we have , for the sake of perspicuity , modernised the spelling , without changing a word of the original . The following two highly poetical descriptions are given in the poet's own orthography : — [ The House of Sleep ...
... Faery Queen , we have , for the sake of perspicuity , modernised the spelling , without changing a word of the original . The following two highly poetical descriptions are given in the poet's own orthography : — [ The House of Sleep ...
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Anglo-Saxon anon beauty Ben Jonson bishop Cædmon Cæsar called Canterbury Tales Chaucer court death delight doth dread Earl England English eyes Faery Queen fair Fawdon fear flowers frae give gold grace gude hand hast hath heard heart heaven Henry Henry VIII holy honour Jack Cade Jonson king king's lady language Layamon learning live look Lord Makbeth merry MICHAEL DRAYTON micht mind mony nature never night noble Petrarch play pleasure poem poet poetical poetry poor praise pray prose Queen quoth racter reign rich richt Robert Curthose saith Saracens Scotland Shakspeare sing song soul sould Discretion Spenser St Serf sweet taste tell thee ther thine thing thou thought tongue translation unto verse wald Wallace wassail weel Wickliffe William wind withouten wood words writer youth