THE POETICAL WORKS OF EDMUND SPENSER. With Memoir and Critical Dissertations. THE TEXT EDITED BY CHARLES COWDEN CLARKE IN FIVE VOLUMES. VOL. IV. CASSELL PETTER & GALPIN: LONDON, PARIS & NEW YORK. SPENSER'S POETICAL WORKS. THE SIXTH BOOK OF THE FAERIE QUEENE, CONTAINING THE LEGEND OF SIR CALIDORE, OR OF COURTESY. I. THE ways, through which my weary steps I guide Are so exceeding spacious and wide, That I, nigh ravish'd with rare thoughts' delight, And, when I gin to feel decay of might, II. my dulled sprite. Such secret comfort and such heavenly pleasures, And there the keeping have of Learning's treasures Into the minds of mortal men do well,1 Guide ye my footing, and conduct me well 1 Cause to flow. 2 Inspiration. |