The poetical works of Edmund Spenser. With mem. and critical diss., by G. Gilfillan, Volúmenes3-41876 |
Términos y frases comunes
amongst arms bear Beast blame blood Britomart brought Calepine CANTO chanc'd Colin Colin Clout Coridon cruel dame damsel dear delight dost doth dread dwell earth Elfin Knight evermore eyes Faerie Faerie Queene fair fair lady fast Faunus fear fell fiercely fight flock Florimell former fortune foul gentle gods goodly grace Grantorto grief ground hand hast hath heart heaven honour inly Jove knight lady lady saw late light maid mighty mind naught nigh noble nymphs pain Pastorell peril pity plain Prince rest sayn seem'd seneschal shame sheep shepherds shew shield sight Sir Calidore sith slain soon sore sorrow spear spoil sprite squire steed straight stroke strong swain Talus thee thence thereto therewith things thou thought thrall twixt unto weary ween whenas whereof whilst wight wise wont woods wound wrath wretched XXIII XXVII
Pasajes populares
Página xv - I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low ; And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him ; he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.
Página v - ... of every climate. Oranges may grow wild in it; myrrh may be met with in every hedge ; and if he thinks it proper to have a grove of spices, he can quickly command sun enough to raise it. If all this will not furnish out...
Página ii - Of allegory properly handled, judiciously subdued, seen only as a shadow or by suggestive glimpses, and making its nearest approach to truth in a not obtrusive and therefore not unpleasant appositeness, the Undine of De La Motte Fouque is the best, and undoubtedly a very remarkable specimen.
Página 145 - LIKE as a ship, that through the Ocean wyde Directs her course unto one certaine cost, Is met of many a counter winde and tyde, With which her winged speed is let and crost, And she her...
Página 184 - And the dull drops, that from his purpled bill As from a limbeck did adown distil : In his right hand a tipped staff he held, With which his feeble steps he stayed still ; For he was faint with cold, and weak with eld ; That scarce his loosed limbs he able was to weld.
Página 184 - That sweetly sung to call forth Paramours) And in his hand a javelin he did beare, And on his head (as fit for warlike stoures) A guilt engraven morion he did weare; That as some did him love, so others did him feare.
Página xvii - Her cheeks like apples which the sun hath rudded, Her lips like cherries charming men to bite, Her breast like to a bowl of cream uncrudded, Her paps like lilies budded, Her snowy neck like to a marble tower ; And all her body like a palace fair, Ascending up, with many a stately stair, To honour's seat and chastity's sweet bower.
Página 55 - Right fit to rend the food on which he fared. His name was Care; a Blacksmith by his trade, That neither day nor night from working spared, But to small purpose yron wedges made; Those be Unquiet Thoughts that carefull minds invade.
Página 193 - Or weigh the thought that from mans mind doth flow But if the weight of these thou canst not show, Weigh but one word which from thy lips doth fall : For how canst thou those greater secrets know, That doest not know the least thing of them all ? Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach the small.
Página 45 - It hath been through all ages ever seen, That with the praise of arms and chivalry The prize of beauty still hath joined been, And that for reason's special privity ; For either doth on other much rely ; For he...