Faerie Queene, Book V.: Ed., with Introduction & NotesG. Bell & sons, 1914 - 195 páginas |
Términos y frases comunes
allegory Amazon amongst armes attonce beast bloud Braggadochio Britomart brought Burbon CANTO Castle Chaucer Christ's Hospital Chrysaor cruell Damzell daunger despight devize dight dismayd disyllable doest Dolon doome doth dread dreadfull earst Eftsoones English Faerie Queene faire farre fast feare fell fiercely fight Florimell gainst Geryon goodly Grantorto hand hart hath heavens hight honour Irena Justice Knight Ladies layd light Lord Marinell Mayd Mercilla mote nigh noble nought Orthrus Osyris peeces Phrixus powre Prince quight quoth Radigund rhyme sayd seem'd selfe Shak shame shew shield sight Sir Artegall Sith sore Souldan Spenser spide Stanza stayd steed streight stroke strooke sunne sword syllable Talus thence Thereto thou thrall Tyrant unto uppon vaine vertue W. H. HUDSON warlike weene weet whereof Whilest whylome wight wize wonne wont word wretched wrong wyde yeeld yron ΙΟ
Pasajes populares
Página xxi - The English have only to boast of Spenser and Milton, who neither of them wanted either genius or learning to have been perfect poets, and yet both of them are liable to many censures.
Página xxiv - Canace to wife, That owned the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass On which the Tartar king did ride; And if aught else great bards beside In sage and solemn tunes have sung, Of turneys, and of trophies hung, Of forests, and enchantments drear, Where more is meant than meets the ear.
Página 2 - For that which all men then did vertue call, Is now cald vice; and that which vice was hight, Is now hight vertue, and so vs'd of all: Right now is wrong, and wrong that was is right, As all things else in time are chaunged quight.
Página xxiii - If they do not meddle with the allegory, the allegory will not meddle with them. Without minding it at all, the whole is as plain as a pikestaff. It might as well be pretended that we cannot see Poussin's pictures for the allegory, as that the allegory prevents us from understanding Spenser.
Página 85 - The liberty of women did repeale, Which they had long usurpt ; and, them restoring To mens subjection, did true Justice deale, That all, they as a Goddesse her adoring, Her wisedome did admire, and hearkned to her loring.
Página 3 - Almighties stead, And with magnificke might and wondrous wit Doest to thy people righteous doome aread, That furthest Nations filles with awfull dread, Pardon the boldnesse of thy basest thrall, That dare discourse of so divine a read, As thy great justice praysed over all ; The instrument whereof loe here thy Artegall.
Página 22 - And weigh the winde that under heaven doth blow; Or weigh the light that in the east doth rise ; Or weigh the thought...
Página 1 - So oft as I with state of present time The image of the antique world compare, When as mans age was in his freshest prime, And the first blossome of faire vertue bare; Such oddes I finde twixt those, and these which are, As that, through long continuance of his course, Me seemes the world is runne quite out of square From the first point of his appointed sourse; And being once amisse growes daily wourse and wourse: II.
Página 140 - O SACRED hunger of ambitious mindes, And impotent desire of men to raine ! Whom neither dread of God, that devils bindes, Nor lawes of men, that common weales containe, Nor bands of nature, that wilde beastes restraine, Can keepe from outrage and from doing wrong, Where they may hope a kingdome to obtaine : No faith so firme, no trust can be so strong, No love so lasting then, that may enduren long.
Página 19 - Upon a rocke, and holding forth on hie An huge great paire of ballance in his hand...