 | William Rushton - English language - 1869 - 352 pages
...Dream, i. 1. And so Spenser, where the adjective used substantively may be taken in the concrete : ' The lyon, lord of everie beast in field,' Quoth she,...puissance doth abate, And mightie proud to humble weake does yield.' Faerie Queene, I. iii. H it be urged that this is merely poetic license, we may... | |
 | William Smith, Benjamin Nicholas Martin - English literature - 1870 - 482 pages
...with fawning tong; As 2 he her wronged innocence did weet.3 O how can beautie maister the most strong, And simple truth subdue avenging wrong! Whose yielded...puissance doth abate, And mightie proud to humble weake does yield, Forgetfull of the hungry rage, which late Him prickt, in pittie of my sad estate... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1871 - 168 pages
...syllables in Chaucer's verse, as it constantly does in the poets and dramatists of the Elizabethan period : 'Whose yielded pryde and proud sub-miss-i-on, Still...And drizling teares did shed for pure af-fec-ti-on.' — Spenser. LINE 42.— A knight, in feudal times, was a man admitted to military rank by a certain... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1871 - 134 pages
...syllables in Chaucer's verse, as it constantly does in the poets and dramatists of the Elizabethan period: 'Whose yielded pryde and proud sub-miss-i-on, Still...com-pass-i-on; And drizling teares did shed for pure af-fec-ti-on.'—Spenser. LINE 42.—A knight, in feudal times, was a man admitted to military rank... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...dreadingdeath, when she had marked long, Her hart gan melt in great compassion ; And drizling teai'es osom wrung, As to a brother's arm she clung. humbleweakedoes yield, Forgetfull of the hungry rage, which late Him prickt, in pittie of my sad estate... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1872 - 640 pages
...with fawning tong ; As he her wronged innocence did weet. O how can beautie maister the most strong, And simple truth subdue avenging wrong ! Whose yielded...; And drizling teares did shed for pure affection. VII. " The lyon, lord of everie beast in field," Quoth she, "his princely puissance doth abate, And... | |
 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...dreading death, wheushe hadmarked long, Her hart gan melt in great compassion ; And drizling taires iven To wake weakc does yield, Forgetfull of the hungry rage, which late Him prickt, in pittie, of my sad estate... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1873 - 906 pages
...truth subdue avenging wrong ! Whose yielded pryde and proud submission, Still dreadingdeath, w hen ive So fast that folks must stop and stare ; An easy ... ހ 0 6 Q ̩ 0 "? 1873 Ford"1 Brya@ 5 weake does yield, Forgctfull of the hungry rage, which late Him prickt, in pittie of my sad estate... | |
 | Casket - 1874 - 840 pages
...innocence did weet. O, how can beautie maister the most strong, And simple truth subdue avenging wrong 1 Whose yielded pryde and proud submission, Still dreading...puissance doth abate, And mightie proud to humble weake dooa yield, considering she beareth two persons, the one of a most royall Qneeue or Empresse,... | |
 | Frederick Denison Maurice - Books and reading - 1874 - 432 pages
...with fawning tong, As he her wronged innocence did weet. 0, how can beautie maister the most strong, And simple truth subdue avenging wrong ! Whose yielded...And drizling teares did shed for pure affection." I need not draw the moral of this story (Spenser has drawn it), that Truth is the mightiest thing in... | |
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O, how can beautie maister the most strong, And simple truth subdue avenging wrong ! Whose yielded pryde and proud submission, Still dreading death, when she had marked long, Her hart gan melt in great compassion ; And drizling teares did shed for pure... 
