Spenser Dispenser
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Every hour, I post a line of Edmund Spenser's "The Faerie Queene" (1596). Posting at this rate, the bot will finish all 6 books (plus the Mutabilitie Cantos) in just over 4 years (April '29). My father is https://bsky.app/profile/johnmkuhn.bsky.social
In whom great rule of Temp'raunce goodly doth appeare.
November 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
In whom great rule of Temp'raunce goodly doth appeare.
The good Sir Guyon gratiously to heare,
November 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The good Sir Guyon gratiously to heare,
The braue aduentures of this Faery knight
November 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The braue aduentures of this Faery knight
O pardon, and vouchsafe with patient eare
November 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
O pardon, and vouchsafe with patient eare
But would be dazled with exceeding light.
November 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
But would be dazled with exceeding light.
Which else could not endure those beames bright,
November 29, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Which else could not endure those beames bright,
That feeble eyes your glory may behold,
November 29, 2025 at 10:32 AM
That feeble eyes your glory may behold,
In couert vele, and wrap in shadowes light,
November 29, 2025 at 9:32 AM
In couert vele, and wrap in shadowes light,
The which O pardon me thus to enfold
November 29, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The which O pardon me thus to enfold
And in this antique Image thy great auncestry.
November 29, 2025 at 7:32 AM
And in this antique Image thy great auncestry.
And thine owne realmes in lond of Faery,
November 29, 2025 at 6:32 AM
And thine owne realmes in lond of Faery,
In this faire mirrhour maist behold thy face,
November 29, 2025 at 5:32 AM
In this faire mirrhour maist behold thy face,
And thou, O fairest Princesse vnder sky,
November 29, 2025 at 4:32 AM
And thou, O fairest Princesse vnder sky,
That no'te without an hound fine footing trace.
November 29, 2025 at 3:32 AM
That no'te without an hound fine footing trace.
But yield his sence to be too blunt and bace,
November 29, 2025 at 2:32 AM
But yield his sence to be too blunt and bace,
He may it find; ne let him then admire,
November 29, 2025 at 1:32 AM
He may it find; ne let him then admire,
By certaine signes here set in sundry place
November 29, 2025 at 12:32 AM
By certaine signes here set in sundry place
Of Faerie lond yet if he more inquire,
November 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Of Faerie lond yet if he more inquire,
He wo[n]der would much more: yet such to some appeare.
November 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
He wo[n]der would much more: yet such to some appeare.
Of other worldes he happily should heare?
November 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Of other worldes he happily should heare?