Title | : | The Shepheard's Calender: Twelve Aeglogues Proportional to the Twelve Monethes |
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Author | : | Edmund Spenser |
Release | : | 2016-08-22 |
Kind | : | ebook |
Genre | : | Fiction & Literature, Books |
Size | : | 1979587 |
TO HIS BOOK. Go, little Book! thyself present, As child whose parent is unkent, To him that is the President Of Nobleness and Chivalry: And if that Envy bark at thee, As sure it will, for succour flee Under the shadow of his wing. And, asked who thee forth did bring, A shepheard's swain, say, did thee sing, All as his straying flock he fed: And, when his Honour has thee read, Crave pardon for thy hardyhed. But, if that any ask thy name, Say, thou wert base-begot with blame; Forthy thereof thou takest shame. And, when thou art past jeopardy, Come tell me what was said of me, And I will send more after thee. IMMERITO. |