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Page 43
... grace descended on her realm and her people . Poetry was loving tribute , a returning of that grace . Yet Spenser is not afraid to champion those he loved and admired who had suffered her displeasure unfairly . His poetry works towards ...
... grace descended on her realm and her people . Poetry was loving tribute , a returning of that grace . Yet Spenser is not afraid to champion those he loved and admired who had suffered her displeasure unfairly . His poetry works towards ...
Page 85
... grace given , enjoyed and returning . All this to the music of Colin's piping . Certain great metaphors embody the way of thinking and of feeling we have attempted to outline ; they declare themselves both in the form and the content of ...
... grace given , enjoyed and returning . All this to the music of Colin's piping . Certain great metaphors embody the way of thinking and of feeling we have attempted to outline ; they declare themselves both in the form and the content of ...
Page 134
... grace , to make the daunce euen ? Let that rowme to my Lady be yeuen : She shalbe a grace , To fyll the fourth place , And reigne with the rest in heauen . And whither rennes this beuie of Ladies bright , raunged in a rowe ? They bene ...
... grace , to make the daunce euen ? Let that rowme to my Lady be yeuen : She shalbe a grace , To fyll the fourth place , And reigne with the rest in heauen . And whither rennes this beuie of Ladies bright , raunged in a rowe ? They bene ...
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