...throwing out the immortal lines so painfully descriptive of " What hell it is in suing long to bide." It was in this year that the first three books of the...profitless, and the pension still to be solicited 1 The poet has only perpetuated his " secret sorrows ;" his pride or his delicacy has thrown a veil...

...shore of silver-streaming Thames. 1 whose sullen care, Through discontent of my long fruitless stay i princes' court, and expectation vain Of idle hopes which still do fly away, Like empty shadows, to afilict my brain." When this was written, Spenser had possessed the lands of Kilcolman more than ten...

...fair; When I, (whom [whose] sullen care, Through discontent of my long fruitless -stay In prince's court, and expectation vain Of idle hopes, which still do fly away, Like empty shadows, did afflict my brain,) Walk'd forth to ease my pain Along the shore of silver streaming Thames ; Whose...

...!) find him in London, beginning his ProtJidlamion with the old complaint, — " long fruitless star In princes court, and expectation vain Of idle hopes, which still do fly away." This poem, which was made in honor of the marriage of two daughters of the Earl of Worcester, was written...

...gentle spirit, that lightly did delay Hot Titan's beams, which then did glister fair ; When I, (whom sullen care, Through discontent of my long fruitless...hopes, which still do fly away Like empty shadows, did afflict my brain) Walk'd forth to ease my pain Along the shore of silver-streaming Thames; Whose...

...silver-streaming Thames. I, whose sullen care, Through discontent of raj long fruitless stay In prince's court, and expectation vain Of idle hopes which still do fly away, Like empty shadows, to afflict œy brain." When this was written, he had possessed the lands of Kilcolman seven years, and was entitled...

...which he probably found profitless; for he made them over at a low rate to the Boyle Family. rable man wasting his days and his nights : for then he...brain." When this was written, Spenser had possessed the hinds of Kilcolman more than ten years, and held his pension. Were the lands profitless, and the pension...

...gentle spirit, that lightly did delay Hot Titan's beams, which then did glister fair ; When I (whom sullen care, Through discontent of my long fruitless...hopes, which still do fly away Like empty shadows, did afflict my brain) Walk'd forth to ease my pain Along the shore of silver-streaming Thames ; Whose...

...fair ; When I, (whom [whose] sullen care, Through discontent of my long fruitless stay In prince's court, and expectation vain Of idle hopes, which still do fly away, Like empty shadows, did afflict my brain,) Walk'd forth to case my pain 10 Along the shore of silver streaming Thames ;...

...gentle spirit, that lightly did delay Hot Titan's beams, which then did glister fair ; When I, (whom sullen care, Through discontent of my long fruitless...hopes, which still do fly away Like empty shadows, did afflict my brain) Walk'd forth to ease my pain Along the shore of silver-streaming Thames ; Whose...