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... with sweet peace to salve each other's wound , There Faith doth fearless dwell in brasen tower , And spotless Pleasure builds her sacred bower . EDMUND SPENSER . 1552-1599 . WILLING BONDAGE . LIKE as 14 ENGLISH SONNETS .
... with sweet peace to salve each other's wound , There Faith doth fearless dwell in brasen tower , And spotless Pleasure builds her sacred bower . EDMUND SPENSER . 1552-1599 . WILLING BONDAGE . LIKE as 14 ENGLISH SONNETS .
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... faith unhappily forsworn , And gilded honour , shamefully misplaced , And maiden virtue rudely strumpeted , And right perfection wrongfully disgraced , And strength by limping sway disabled , And art made tongue - tied by authority ...
... faith unhappily forsworn , And gilded honour , shamefully misplaced , And maiden virtue rudely strumpeted , And right perfection wrongfully disgraced , And strength by limping sway disabled , And art made tongue - tied by authority ...
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... faith is kneeling by his bed of death , And innocence is closing up his eyes , - Now if thou would'st , when all have given him over , From death to life thou might'st him yet recover ! 56 JOHN DONNE . SELF - DEDICATION . As due ENGLISH ...
... faith is kneeling by his bed of death , And innocence is closing up his eyes , - Now if thou would'st , when all have given him over , From death to life thou might'st him yet recover ! 56 JOHN DONNE . SELF - DEDICATION . As due ENGLISH ...
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... Faith and Love which parted from thee never , Had ripened thy just soul to dwell with God , Meekly thou didst resign ... Faith pointed with her golden rod , Followed thee up to joy and bliss for ever . Love led them on , and Faith who ...
... Faith and Love which parted from thee never , Had ripened thy just soul to dwell with God , Meekly thou didst resign ... Faith pointed with her golden rod , Followed thee up to joy and bliss for ever . Love led them on , and Faith who ...
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... Faith instructs me the deceit to shun While thus she speaks , - " Those wings that from the store Of virtue were not lent , howe'er , they bore In this gross air , will melt when near the sun . The truly ambitious wait for Nature's time ...
... Faith instructs me the deceit to shun While thus she speaks , - " Those wings that from the store Of virtue were not lent , howe'er , they bore In this gross air , will melt when near the sun . The truly ambitious wait for Nature's time ...
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Author beauty behold bird breath bright charm Cornhill Crown 8vo dark DAVID GRAY dear death delight divine dost doth dream earth Edition EDMUND SPENSER ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING English Sonnets eyes fair Faith fame fancy fear feel flowers friends grace happy HARTLEY COLERIDGE hast hath heart heaven heavenly HENRY CONSTABLE hope Illustrations JOHN KEATS JOHN MILTON JULIAN FANE Lady language light live London look Lord love thee Love's mind Mistress morn Muse never night o'er passion Paternoster Row Petrarch pleasure poems poet poetical poetry praise Price reader SAMUEL DANIEL Shakespeare shine sight sing sleep song sorrow soul SPEARE spirit story SURREY sweet tears thine things THOMAS WARTON thou art thought touches verse voice volume weary weep WILLIAM CALDWELL ROSCOE WILLIAM DRUMMOND WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES WILLIAM SHAKE WILLIAM WORDS Wordsworth WORTH written