The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser
The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser
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Digitized by VjOOQIC COMZ HOME AGAINE. 243 And use bis ydle name to other needs^ But as a complement for courting vaine. 790 So him they do not serve as they professe^ But make him serve to them for sordid uses : Ah ! my dread Lord, that doest liege hearts possesse, Avenge thy selfe on them for their abuses* But we poore shepheards whether rightly so, 795 Or through our rudenesse into errour led, Do make religion how we rashly go To serve that god, that is so greatly dred ^ ; For him the greate...st of the gods we deeme.
Borne without syre or couples of one kynd ; 800 For Venus selfe doth soly^ couples seeme.
Both male and female through commixture ioynd : So pure and spotlesse Cupid forth she brought.
And in the Gardens of Adonis nurst : Where growing he his owne perfection wrought, 805 And shordy was of all the gods the first.
Then got he bow and shafts of gold and lead, In which so fell and puissant he grew, That love himselfe his powre began to dread.
And, taking up to heaven, him godded ^ new.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Digitized by VjOOQIC COMZ HOME AGAINE. 243 And use bis ydle name to other needs^ But as a complement for courting vaine. 790 So him they do not serve as they professe^ But make him serve to them for sordid uses : Ah ! my dread Lord, that doest liege hearts possesse, Avenge thy selfe on them for their abuses* But we poore shepheards whether rightly so, 795 Or through our rudenesse into errour led, Do make religion how we rashly go To serve that god, that is so greatly dred ^ ; For him the greate...st of the gods we deeme.
Borne without syre or couples of one kynd ; 800 For Venus selfe doth soly^ couples seeme.
Both male and female through commixture ioynd : So pure and spotlesse Cupid forth she brought.
And in the Gardens of Adonis nurst : Where growing he his owne perfection wrought, 805 And shordy was of all the gods the first.
Then got he bow and shafts of gold and lead, In which so fell and puissant he grew, That love himselfe his powre began to dread.
And, taking up to heaven, him godded ^ new.
What to read after The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Spenser Edmund to read onlineMoreLess
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