 At length they chaunst to meet upon the way An aged Sire, in long blacke weedes yclad, His feete all bare, his beard all hoarie gray, And by his belt his booke he hanging had...  The Works of Edmund Spenser - Page 30by Edmund Spenser - 1805Full view - About this book
 | William Oldys - English drama - 1740 - 348 pages
...feet all bare, his beard all hoary gray, And by his belt his book he hanging had ; Sober he feem'd, and very fagely fad ; And to the ground his eyes were lowly bent, Simple in fhew, and void of malice bad ; And all the way he prayed, as he went, ' • And often knock'd his breaft,... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - Epic poetry, English - 1758 - 800 pages
...he heard of ought. XXIX. At length they chaunft to meet upon the way An aged fire, in long black e weedes yclad, His feete all bare, his beard all hoarie gray, And by his belt his booke he hanging had j Sober he feemde, and very fagely fad j And to the ground his eyes were lowly bent, Simple in fhew,... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1758 - 574 pages
...feet all bare, his beard all hoary gray, And by his belt his book he hanging had ; Sober he feem'd, and very fagely fad, And .to the ground his eyes were lowly bent, Simple in fhew, and void of malice bad, And all the way he prayed as he went, XXVI. He fair the Knight faluted,... | |
 | 1792 - 774 pages
...Ticet upon the way An aged fire, in long blacke weedes yciad, His ícete all bare, his beard all hoaric gray, And by his belt his booke he hanging had ; Sober...fagely fad, And to the ground his eyes were lowly b«nr, Simple in ihcw, and voide of malice bad; And all the way he prayed as he went, And often knockt... | |
 | Freemasonry - 1794 - 518 pages
...says, " At length they channel to meet upon the way " An aged sire in long blacke wcedes yclad j " His feete all bare, his beard all hoarie gray, " And by his belt his booke he hanging had." I quote from memory and probably not with correctness. Not far from Blarney we overtook a funeral procession,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 476 pages
...feet all bnre, his beard all hoaric graie, And by his belt his book he hanging had j Sober lie fecm'd, and very fagely fad, And to the ground his eyes were lowly bent, Simple in fhe\ve,aml void of malice bad, And all tlic way he'prayed as he went, f^pent. And often kaockt his... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1805 - 448 pages
...before, tell him we will come on." TODD. XXIX. 1, At length they chaunji to meet &c.] This circumftance of the Red-crofs Knight and Una meeting with Archimago...to the ground his eyes were lowly bent, Simple in fhew, and voide of malice bad ; And all the way he prayed, as he went, And often knockt his breft,... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - English poetry - 1805 - 446 pages
...Red-crofs Knight and Una meeting with Archimago difguifed like a hermit, who tells them a feigned plaine, An aged Sire, in long blacke weedes yclad, His feete all bare, his beard all hoarie . And by his belt his booke he hanging had ; Sober he feemde, and very fagely fad ; And to the ground... | |
 | Poetical narratives - English poetry - 1810 - 330 pages
...turnings seene, That which of them to take in diverse doubt At length they chaunst to meet upon the way An aged sire, in long blacke weedes yclad, His feete...And by his belt his booke he hanging had ; Sober he seemde, and very sagely sad ; And to the ground his eyes were lowly bent, Simple in shew, and voide... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 600 pages
...before he heard of ought. At length they, chaunst to meet upon the way An aged sire, in long blackc weedes yclad, His feete all bare, his beard all hoarie...And by his belt his booke he hanging had ; Sober he seemde, and very sagely sad ; And to the ground his eyes were lowly bent, Simple in shew, and voide... | |
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