Specimens of English literature from the 'Ploughmans crede' to the ...

Specimens of English literature from the 'Ploughmans crede' to the ... Specimens of English literature from the 'Ploughmans crede' to the ...

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352 XXVIII. EDMUND SPENSER.:::And thus of allmy haruest-hope I haueNought reaped but a weedye crop of care :Which, when I thought haue thresht in swelling sheaue,Cockel for come, and chaffe for barley, bare.Soone as the chaffe should in the fan be fynd, 125All was blowne away of the wauering wynd.So now my yeare drawes to his latter terme,INIy spring is spent, my sommer burnt vp quiteMy harueste hasts to stirre vp winter sterne,And bids him clayme with rigorous rage hys right. 130So nowe he stormes with many a sturdy stoure,So now his blustring blast eche coste doth scoure.The careful! cold hath n)^t my rugged rynde,And in my face deepe furrowes eld hath pightMy head besprent with hoary frost I fynd, 135And by myne eie the Crow his clawe dooth wright.Delight is layd abedde, and pleasure past.No Sonne now shines, cloudes han all ouercast.Now leaue, ye shepheards boyes, your merry glee,INIy Muse is hoarse and weary of thys stounde : 140Here will I hang my pype vpon this tree,Was neuer pype of reede did better sounde.Winter iscome, that blowes the bitter blaste,And after Winter dreerie death does hast.Gather together, ye ^ my little flocke, 145^ly littleflock, that was to me so liefeLet me, ah, lette me in your folds ye lock,^ Printed 'ye together' in first edition; but 'together ye' in 1 597.

XXVIII. (b) the shepheardes calender. 353Ere the breme. Winter breede you greater griefe.Winter is come, that blowes the balefull breath,And after Winter commeth timely death. 150Adieu delightes, that lulled me asleepe,Adieu my deare, whose loue I bought so deareAdieu my little Lambes and loued sheepe.Adieu ye Woodes that oft my witnesse were :Adieu good Hohbinol, that was so true, 155Tell Rosalind, her Colin bids her adieu.CoLiNS Embleme.[ Vivitur ingenio : ccetera mortis erunt?[ \GLOSSE.4. Tityrus) Chaucer, as hath bene oft sayd.8. Lambkins') young lambes.II. Als of their) Semeth to expresse Virgils verse-Pan curat ones ouiumque magistros.13. Deigne) voutchsafe.17. Cabinet) Colinet) diminutiues.25. Mazie) for they be like to a maze whence it is hard to getout agayne.39. Peres) felowes and companions.40. Musick) that is Poetry, as Terence sayth—Qui artem tractantmusicam—speking of Poetes.43. Derring doe) aforesayd^.57. Lions house) He imagineth simply that Cupid, which is loue,had his abode in the whote signe Leo, which is in the middest ofsomer ; a pretie allegory, whereof the meaning is, that loue inhim wrought an extraordinarie heate of lust.58. His ray) which is Gupides beame or flames of Loue.59. A Comete) a biasing starre, meant of beautie, which wasthe cause of his whote loue.^ Not in first edition.^ 'Manhoode and chevalrie'; Glosse to October.A a

XXVIII. (b) <strong>the</strong> shepheardes calender. 353Ere <strong>the</strong> breme. Winter breede you greater griefe.Winter is come, that blowes <strong>the</strong> balefull breath,And after Winter commeth timely death. 150Adieu delightes, that lulled me asleepe,Adieu my deare, whose loue I bought so deareAdieu my little Lambes and loued sheepe.Adieu ye Woodes that <strong>of</strong>t my witnesse were :Adieu good Hohbinol, that was so true, 155Tell Rosalind, her Colin bids her adieu.CoLiNS Embleme.[ Vivitur ingenio : ccetera mortis erunt?[ \GLOSSE.4. Tityrus) Chaucer, as hath bene <strong>of</strong>t sayd.8. Lambkins') young lambes.II. Als <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir) Semeth <strong>to</strong> expresse Virgils verse-Pan curat ones ouiumque magistros.13. Deigne) voutchsafe.17. Cabinet) Colinet) diminutiues.25. Mazie) for <strong>the</strong>y be like <strong>to</strong> a maze whence it is hard <strong>to</strong> ge<strong>to</strong>ut agayne.39. Peres) felowes and companions.40. Musick) that is Poetry, as Terence sayth—Qui artem tractantmusicam—speking <strong>of</strong> Poetes.43. Derring doe) aforesayd^.57. Lions house) He imagineth simply that Cupid, which is loue,had his abode in <strong>the</strong> whote signe Leo, which is in <strong>the</strong> middest <strong>of</strong>somer ; a pretie allegory, where<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> meaning is, that loue inhim wrought an extraordinarie heate <strong>of</strong> lust.58. His ray) which is Gupides beame or flames <strong>of</strong> Loue.59. A Comete) a biasing starre, meant <strong>of</strong> beautie, which was<strong>the</strong> cause <strong>of</strong> his whote loue.^ Not in first edition.^ 'Manhoode and chevalrie'; Glosse <strong>to</strong> Oc<strong>to</strong>ber.A a

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