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THE FAERIE QUEENE: DEDICATORY SONNET.. COUNTESSE OF PEMBROKE by EDMUND SPENSER

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First Line: REMEMBRAUNCE OF THAT MOST HEROICKE SPIRIT
Last Line: VOUCHSAFE FROM HIM THIS TOKEN IN GOOD WORTH TO TAKE.
Subject(s): HERBERT, MARY SIDNEY (1561-1621); PEMBROKE, COUNTESS OF; SIDNEY, MARY (1561-1621); DUDLEY, MARY;
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE AND MOST
VERTUOUS LADY, THE COUNTESSE
OF PENBROKE

REMEMBRAUNCE of that most heroicke spirit,
The hevens pride, the glory of our daies,
Which now triumpheth through immortall merit
Of his brave vertues, crownd with lasting baies
Of hevenlie blis and everlasting praies;
Who first my Muse did lift out of the flore,
To sing his sweet delights in lowlie laies;
Bids me, most noble Lady, to adore
His goodly image living evermore
In the divine resemblaunce of your face;
Which with your vertues ye embellish more,
And native beauty deck with hevenlie grace:
For his, and for your owne especial sake,
Vouchsafe from him this token in good worth to take.



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