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" And in the midst of all a fountaine stood, Of richest substance that on Earth might bee, So pure and shiny that the silver flood Through every channell running one might see ; Most goodly it with curious ymageree Was over-wrought, and shapes of naked... "
Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to ... - Page 68
1788
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Remarks on Local Scenery & Manners in Scotland: During the Years ..., Volume 2

John Stoddart - Scotland - 1801 - 402 pages
...Spencer, in his Faerie Queen, book ii. canto 12, speaks of the fountain, in the Bower of Bliss : " Most goodly it with curious ymageree Was over-wrought, and shapes of naked boys—- And all the margent, roun4 about, was set With shady laurell trees." In the garden of Adonis,...
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The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser: With the Life of the Author ..., Volume 3

Edmund Spenser - English poetry - 1807 - 546 pages
...stood, -If richest suhstance that on earth might hee, "m pure and shiny that the silver flood Fhrough every channell running one might see; Most goodly...curious ymageree Was over-wrought, and shapes of naked hoyes, Df which some seemd, with lively iollitee, Fo fly ahout, playing their wanton toyes ; iVhy 1est...
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Spenser, Daniel

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 600 pages
...richest substance that on Earth might bee, So pure and shiny that the silvur flood Through every channel! running one might see; Most goodly it with curious...over-wrought, and shapes of naked boyes, Of which S'ime seemd with lively io! litre To fly about, playing their wanton toyes, Whylest others did themselves...
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Life of Torquato Tasso: With an Historical and Critical Account of ..., Volume 1

John Black - 1810 - 460 pages
...to adorn with all variety. 00 And in the midst of all a fountain stood, Of richest substance that on earth might bee. So pure and shiny that the silver flood Through every channel running one might see; Most goodly it with curious imageree Was overwrought, and shapes of...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 2

Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 420 pages
...to adorne with all variety. And in the midst of all a fountaine stood, Of riehest substanee that on Earth might bee, So pure and shiny that the silver flood Through every ehannell running one might see ; Most goodly it with eurious ymageree Was over-wrought, and shapes...
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The Cat-fight: A Mock Heroic Poem. Supported with Copious Extracts from ...

Ebenezer Mack - Cats - 1824 - 292 pages
...all varietie. And in the midst of all, a fountaine stood, Of richest substance that on earth might be So pure and shiny, that the silver flood Through every...channell running, one might see ; Most goodly it with pure imageree Was over- wrought, and shapes of naked boyes, Of which some seem'd with lively jollitee...
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The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser in Five Volumes, Volume 2

Edmund Spenser - English poetry - 1825 - 412 pages
...adorne with all variety. LX. And in the midst of all a fountaine stood, Of richest substance that on earth might bee, So pure and shiny that the silver flood Through every channel! running one might see ; Most goodly it with curious ymageree Was over-wrought, and shapes...
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Select Works of the British Poets: From Chaucer to Jonson, with Biographical ...

Robert Southey - English poetry - 1831 - 1038 pages
...to adorne with all variety. And in the midst of all a fountaine stood, Of richest substance that on Earth might bee, So pure and shiny that the silver flood Through every channell running one might sec ; Most goodly it with curious ymageree Was over-wrought, and shapes of naked boyes, Of which some...
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The Book of Gems: Chaucer to Prior

Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1836 - 390 pages
...to adorne with all variety. And in the midst of all a fountaine stood, Of richest substance that on Earth might bee, So pure and shiny that the silver...shapes of naked boyes, Of which some seemd with lively jollitee To fly about, playing their wanton toyes, Whylest others did themselves embay in liquid joyes....
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The Book of Gems: Chaucer to Prior

Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1836 - 336 pages
...to adorne with all variety. And in the midst of all a fountaine stood, Of richest substance that on Earth might bee, So pure and shiny that the silver...shapes of naked boyes, Of which some seemd with lively jollitee To fly about, playing thcir wanton toyes, Whylest others did themselves embay in liquid joyes....
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