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" One day I wrote her name upon the strand; But came the waves, and washed it away: Again, I wrote it with a second hand; But came the tide, and made my pains his prey. Vain man, said she, that dost in vain assay A mortal thing so to immortalize; For I... "
Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Members of the English Church ... - Page 232
1877
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Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to ...

1788 - 510 pages
...That three such graces did unto me give. Eij SONNET LXXV. ONE day I wrote her name upon the strand,But came the waves and washed it away; Again I wrote it...made my pains his prey. Vain Man ! said she, that doost in vain assay A mortal thing so to immortalize, For I my self shall like to this decay, And eke...
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Spenser, Daniel

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 600 pages
...praysed. Ye three Elizabeths ! for ever live, That three such (races did unto me give. SONNET LXXV. On day I wrote her name upon the strand ; But came the waves, and washed it away : AL ay nr, I wrote it with a second band ; But came the tyde, and made my paynes his pray. " Vayne...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - 1822 - 274 pages
...praysed. Ye three Elizabeths ! for ever live, That three such graces did unto me give. SONNET LXXV. ONE day I wrote her name upon the strand; But came the waves, and washed it away: Agayne, I wrote it with a second hand; But came the tyde, and made my paynes his pray. Vayne man, sayd...
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The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser in Five Volumes, Volume 5

Edmund Spenser - 1825 - 450 pages
...to be praysed. Ye three Elizabeths ! for ever live. That three such graces did unto me give. LXXV. ONE day I wrote her name upon the strand ; But came the waves, and washed it away : Agayne, I wrote it with a second hand ; But came the tyde, and made my paynes his pray. Vayne man,...
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The National standard, of literature, science, music [&c.] ed. by ..., Volume 1

Frederick William N. Bayley - 1833 - 902 pages
...from such men are not the delusions of self-conceit, but the prophetic intimations of genius. SONNET. One day I wrote her name upon the strand, But came the waves and washed it away : Agayne I wrote it with a second hand, But came the tyde, and made my paynes his prey. Yavne man,...
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The book of sonnets, ed by A.M. Woodford

A Montagu Woodford - 1841 - 320 pages
...and praises over all, That it hereafter may you not repent, Him lodging in your bosom to have lent. ONE day I wrote her name upon the strand, But came...she, that dost in vain assay A mortal thing so to immortalize, For I myself shall like to this decay, And eke my name be wiped out likewise. Not so,...
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The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5

Edmund Spenser - 1853 - 442 pages
...to be praysed. Ye three Elizabeths ! for ever live, That three such graces did unto me give. JLXXV. ONE day I wrote her name upon the strand ; But came the waves, and washed it away : Agayne, I wrote it with a second hand ; But came the tyde, and made my paynes his pray. Vayne man,...
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The Works of Edmund Spenser: With Observations on His Life and Writings

Edmund Spenser - 1857 - 600 pages
...worthy to be praysed. Ye three Elizabeths ! for ever live, That three such graces did unto me give. ONE day I wrote her name upon the strand ; But came the waves, and washed it away : Agayne. I wrote it with a second hand; But came the tyde, nnd made my paynes his pray. Vayne man,...
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The Lyrics of Ireland

Samuel Lover - 1858 - 394 pages
...proof of this : — but let the " divine Spenser" answer for all, and with prophetic passion ;— " One day I wrote her name upon the strand ; But came the waves, and washed it away : Agayne, I wrote it with a second hand ; But came the tyde, and made my paynes his prey. Vayne man,...
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The Poetical Works of Edward Young ...

Edward Young - 1860 - 416 pages
...to be praysed. Ye three Elizabeths ! for ever live, That three such graces did unto me give. LXXV. ONE day I wrote her name upon the strand, But came the waves and washed it away : Agayne I wrote it with a second hand ; But came the tyde, and made my paynes his pray. " Vayne man,"...
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