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" Out of this fountaine, sweet and faire to see, The which into an ample laver fell, And shortly grew to so great quantitie, That like a litle lake it seemd to bee; Whose depth exceeded not three cubits hight, That through the waves one might the bottom... "
Thirde booke of the Faerie Queene, canto I-VIII - Page 218
by Edmund Spenser - 1805
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The Complete Art of Poetry: In Six Parts, I. Of the Nature, Use ..., Volume 2

Charles Gildon - Criticism - 1718 - 490 pages
...fee. The which into an ample Laver fell,' And fhortly grew to fo great quamirie, That like a little Lake it feem'd to bee ; Whofe depth exceeded not three cubits hight, That through the Waves one might rhe Bottom fee, All pav'd beneath with Jafper fhining bright, That feem'd the Fountaine in that Sea...
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Spenser's Faerie Queene, Volume 1

Edmund Spenser - Epic poetry, English - 1758 - 800 pages
...fleecy flowres they fearefully did fteepe, Which drops of chriftall feemd for wantones to weep. LXH. Infinit ftreames continually did well Out of this...hight, That through the waves one might the bottom fee, All pav'd beneath with jafpar fhining bright j That feemd the fountaine in that fea did fayle upright...
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The Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 4

Edmund Spenser - 1805 - 568 pages
...and reviving joy muft needs rufh into the bofom of him that reads or hears ; and the fweet odour of LXI. And over all of pureft gold was fpred A trayle...coinage, as I have fhown in a note on the word in Comut, ver. 837. Our lexicographers, however, have given no place to this admirable word, fo diftinguilhcd...
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The Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 4

Edmund Spenser - 1805 - 644 pages
...metall was fo coloured, That wight, who did not well avis'd it vew, Would furely deeme it to bee y vie trew : Low his lafcivious armes adown did creepe,...Yet imbathe was not of Milton's coinage, as I have Ihowii in a note on the word in Comus, ver. 837- Our lexico*graphers, however, have given no place...
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Life of Torquato Tasso: With an Historical and Critical Account of ..., Volume 1

John Black - 1810 - 460 pages
...laver fell And shortly grew to so great quantitie That like a little lake it seem'd to bee ; Whose depth exceeded not three cubits hight, That through the waves one might the bottom see, All pav'd beneath with jaspar shining bright That seem'd the fountaine in that sea did sayle upright....
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The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser in Five Volumes, Volume 2

Edmund Spenser - English poetry - 1825 - 412 pages
...laver fell, And shortly grew to so great quantitie, That like a litle lake it seemd to bee ; Whose depth exceeded not three cubits hight, That through the waves one might the bottom see, All pav'd beneath with jaspar shining bright, That seemd the fountaine in that sea did sayle upright....
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Select Works of the British Poets: From Chaucer to Jonson, with Biographical ...

Robert Southey - English poetry - 1831 - 1038 pages
...laver fell, And shortly grew to so great quaiititie, That like a litle lake it seemd to bee ; Whose lie the bright ; And Philostrate he sayde that he hight. But half so wel beloved a see, All pav'd beneath with jaspar shining bright, [right. That seemd the fountaine in that sea did...
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The Book of Gems: Chaucer to Prior

Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1836 - 390 pages
...ample laver fell, And shortly grew to so great quantitie, That like a litle lake it seemd to bee, Whose depth exceeded not three cubits hight, That through the waves one might the bottom see, All pav'd beneath with jaspar shining bright, That seemd the fountaine in that sea did sayle upright....
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The Book of Gems: Chaucer to Prior

Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1836 - 336 pages
...ample laver fell, And shortly grew to so great quantitie, That like a litle lake it seemd to bee, Whose depth exceeded not three cubits hight, That through the waves one might the bottom see, All pav'd beneath with jaspar shining bright, That seemd the fountaine in that sea did sayle upright....
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The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 2

Edmund Spenser - 1839 - 466 pages
...laver fell, And shortly grew to so great quantitie, That like a litle lake it seemd to bee ; Whose depth exceeded not three cubits hight, That through the waves one might the bottom see, All pav'd beneath with jaspar shining bright, That seemd the fountaine in that sea did sayle upright....
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