The Canons of Criticism and Glossary Being A Supplement to Mr. Warburton's Edition of Shakespear ... The Sixth Edition, with Additions [with] The Trial of the Letter y, alias Y, and Sonnets [by Thomas Edwards] |
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SONNET VIII.
On the Cantos of SPENSER's Fairy Queen,
lost in the Passage from Ireland. |
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SONNET VIII. On the Cantos of SPENSER's Fairy Queen, lost in the Passage from Ireland.
Wo worth the man, who in ill hour assay'd
To tempt that Western Frith with ventrous keel;
And seek what Heav'n, regardful of our weal,
Had hid in fogs, and night's eternal shade;
To tempt that Western Frith with ventrous keel;
And seek what Heav'n, regardful of our weal,
Had hid in fogs, and night's eternal shade;
Ill-starr'd Hibernia! well art thou appaid
For all the woes, which Britain made thee feel
By Henry's wrath, and Pembroke's conqu'ring steel;
Who sack'd thy Towns, and Castles disarray'd:
For all the woes, which Britain made thee feel
By Henry's wrath, and Pembroke's conqu'ring steel;
Who sack'd thy Towns, and Castles disarray'd:
No longer now with idle sorrow mourn
Thy plunder'd wealth, or liberties restrain'd,
Nor deem their victories thy loss or shame;
Severe revenge on Britain in thy turn,
And ample spoils thy treacherous waves obtain'd,
Which sunk one half of Spenser's deathless fame.
Thy plunder'd wealth, or liberties restrain'd,
Nor deem their victories thy loss or shame;
Severe revenge on Britain in thy turn,
And ample spoils thy treacherous waves obtain'd,
Which sunk one half of Spenser's deathless fame.
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