Observations on the Fairy Queen of Spenser, Volume 2For R. Dutton, Gracechurch-Street and Thomas Ostell, Ave-Marie Lane, 1807 - Epic poetry, English |
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... Forthwith upright he rears from off the pool His mighty stature ; on each hand the flames Driv'n backward slope their pointing spires , and roll'd In billows , leave i ' th ' midst a horrid vale B. iii . c . xii . s . i . She heard a ...
... Forthwith upright he rears from off the pool His mighty stature ; on each hand the flames Driv'n backward slope their pointing spires , and roll'd In billows , leave i ' th ' midst a horrid vale B. iii . c . xii . s . i . She heard a ...
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