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
Some lingring life within his hollow brest,
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Some lingring life within his hollow brest,
Warnd him not touch, for yet perhaps remaynd
November 15, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Warnd him not touch, for yet perhaps remaynd
One that would wiser seeme, then all the rest,
November 15, 2025 at 11:32 AM
One that would wiser seeme, then all the rest,
Some feard, and fled; some feard and well it faynd;
November 15, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Some feard, and fled; some feard and well it faynd;
Ne durst approch him nigh, to touch, or once assay.
November 15, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Ne durst approch him nigh, to touch, or once assay.
The sight with idle feare did them dismay,
November 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The sight with idle feare did them dismay,
Stretcht on the ground in monstrous large extent,
November 15, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Stretcht on the ground in monstrous large extent,
But when they came, where that dead Dragon lay,
November 15, 2025 at 6:32 AM
But when they came, where that dead Dragon lay,
And gazd vpon with gaping wonderment.
November 15, 2025 at 5:32 AM
And gazd vpon with gaping wonderment.
Whom all admired, as from heauen sent,
November 15, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Whom all admired, as from heauen sent,
To see the face of that victorious man:
November 15, 2025 at 3:32 AM
To see the face of that victorious man:
Heaped together in rude rablement
November 15, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Heaped together in rude rablement
And after, all the raskall many ran,
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
And after, all the raskall many ran,
Did seeme such, as she was, a goodly maiden Queene.
November 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Did seeme such, as she was, a goodly maiden Queene.
Who in her selfe-resemblance well beseene,
November 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Who in her selfe-resemblance well beseene,
And crowned her twixt earnest and twixt game;
November 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
And crowned her twixt earnest and twixt game;
Then on her head they set a girland greene,
November 14, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Then on her head they set a girland greene,
Lifting to heauen her euerlasting fame:
November 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Lifting to heauen her euerlasting fame:
And her ador'd by honorable name,
November 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
And her ador'd by honorable name,
Themselues to ground with gratious humblesse bent,
November 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Themselues to ground with gratious humblesse bent,
With chearefull vew; who when to her they came,
November 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
With chearefull vew; who when to her they came,
So she beheld those maydens meriment
November 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
So she beheld those maydens meriment
Some wrestle, some do run, some bathe in christall flood.
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Some wrestle, some do run, some bathe in christall flood.
Beholds her Nymphes, enraung'd in shadie wood,
November 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Beholds her Nymphes, enraung'd in shadie wood,
As faire Diana in fresh sommers day
November 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
As faire Diana in fresh sommers day