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
The day that first of Priame she was seene,
January 29, 2026 at 6:32 PM
The day that first of Priame she was seene,
Of Amazons, whom Pyrrhus did destroy,
January 29, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Of Amazons, whom Pyrrhus did destroy,
To seeke her game: Or as that famous Queene
January 29, 2026 at 4:32 PM
To seeke her game: Or as that famous Queene
Wandreth alone with bow and arrowes keene,
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Wandreth alone with bow and arrowes keene,
Where all the Nymphes haue her vnwares forlore,
January 29, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Where all the Nymphes haue her vnwares forlore,
Of swift Eurotas, or on Cynthus greene,
January 29, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Of swift Eurotas, or on Cynthus greene,
Such as Diana by the sandie shore
January 29, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Such as Diana by the sandie shore
And flourishing fresh leaues and blossomes did enwrap.
January 29, 2026 at 11:32 AM
And flourishing fresh leaues and blossomes did enwrap.
In her rude haires sweet flowres themselues did lap,
January 29, 2026 at 10:32 AM
In her rude haires sweet flowres themselues did lap,
As through the flouring forrest rash she fled,
January 29, 2026 at 9:32 AM
As through the flouring forrest rash she fled,
And whether art it were, or heedlesse hap,
January 29, 2026 at 8:32 AM
And whether art it were, or heedlesse hap,
And low behinde her backe were scattered:
January 29, 2026 at 7:32 AM
And low behinde her backe were scattered:
They waued like a penon wide dispred,
January 29, 2026 at 6:32 AM
They waued like a penon wide dispred,
And when the winde emongst them did inspyre,
January 29, 2026 at 5:32 AM
And when the winde emongst them did inspyre,
About her shoulders weren loosely shed,
January 29, 2026 at 4:32 AM
About her shoulders weren loosely shed,
Her yellow lockes crisped, like golden wyre,
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Her yellow lockes crisped, like golden wyre,
Through her thin weed their places only signifide.
January 29, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Through her thin weed their places only signifide.
Now little gan to swell, and being tide,
January 29, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Now little gan to swell, and being tide,
Her daintie paps; which like young fruit in May
January 29, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Her daintie paps; which like young fruit in May
Athwart her snowy brest, and did diuide
January 28, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Athwart her snowy brest, and did diuide
Knit with a golden bauldricke, which forelay
January 28, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Knit with a golden bauldricke, which forelay
The saluage beastes in her victorious play,
January 28, 2026 at 9:32 PM
The saluage beastes in her victorious play,
Stuft with steele-headed darts, wherewith she queld
January 28, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Stuft with steele-headed darts, wherewith she queld
And at her backe a bow and quiuer gay,
January 28, 2026 at 7:32 PM
And at her backe a bow and quiuer gay,
And in her hand a sharpe bore-speare she held,
January 28, 2026 at 6:32 PM
And in her hand a sharpe bore-speare she held,