 First, sturdy March, with brows full sternly bent And armed strongly, rode upon a Ram, The same which over Hellespontus swam ; Yet in his hand a spade he also hent, And in a bag all sorts of seeds ysame, Which on, the earth he strowed as he went, And...  The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser - Page 158by Edmund Spenser - 1839Full view - About this book
 | John Ruskin - 1867 - 458 pages
...the months; "First sturdy March, with brows full sternly bent, And armed strongly, rode upon a Ram, The same which over Hellespontus swam; Yet in his...bag all sorts of seeds ysame,* Which on the earth he strewed as he went." His sign, the Ram, is very superbly carved above him In the archivolt. 4. APEIL.... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1872 - 640 pages
....nvm. !. lusty Spring,] That U, benuti/vl, •>w/p Spring. TODD. « «T. 9. v,,l,i.-| TMded. Team. Yet in his hand a spade he also hent, And in a bag...he went, And fild her womb with fruitfull hope of nourish ment. xxxnr. Next came fresh Apr-ill, full of lustyhnl, And wanton as a kid whose borne new... | |
 | Alfred Smee - 1872 - 732 pages
...Kingfishers chased each other during the whole week. " Fint sturdy March, with brows full sternly bent, And in a bag all sorts of seeds ysame, Which on the earth he strowed as he went, And tilled her womb with fruitful ho3-e of nourishment."— SPENSER. FEBRUARY 26.— MARCH 4.-NINTH WEEK.... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1873 - 460 pages
...the months ; " First sturdy March, with brows full sternly bent, And armed strongly, rode upon a Ram, The same which over Hellespontus swam; Yet in his...ysame,* "Which on the earth he strowed as he went." His sign, the Ram, is very superbly carved above him in the archivolt. 4. APKIL. Here, carrying a sheep... | |
 | 1873 - 258 pages
...See also Spenser, op. cit. 32. Where it is said of March that " in his hand a spade he also bent, " And in a bag all sorts of seeds ysame, " Which on the earth he strowed as he went, &c." And Tusser : — " In March sow thy barley thy londe not to colde : * * * • " Sow wheate in... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1876 - 74 pages
...riding came : First, sturdy March, with brows full sternly bent, And armed strongly, rode upon a ram, The same which over Hellespontus swam ; Yet in his...nourishment Next came fresh Aprill, full of lustyhed, And wanton as a kid whose home new buds : Upon a bull he rode, the same which led Europa floting through... | |
 | Rosaline Orme Masson - 1876 - 460 pages
...riding came. First, sturdy March, with brows full sternly bent And armed strongly, rode upon a Ram, The same which over Hellespontus swam; Yet in his hand a spade he also hent, 2 And in a bag all sorts of seeds ysame, 3 Which on the earth he strowed as he went, And filled her... | |
 | Rosaline Orme Masson - 1876 - 454 pages
...riding came. First, sturdy March, with brows full sternly bent And armed strongly, rode upon a Ram, The same which over Hellespontus swam ; Yet in his hand a spade he also hent,2 And in a bag all sorts of seeds ysame,3 Which on the earth he strowed as he went, And filled... | |
 | Rosaline Orme Masson - 1876 - 454 pages
...riding came. First, sturdy March, with brows full sternly bent And armed strongly, rode upon a Ram, The same which over Hellespontus swam ; Yet in his hand a spade he also hent,2 And in a bag all sorts of seeds ysame,3 Which on the earth he strowed as he went, And filled... | |
 | Literary curiosities - 1876 - 334 pages
...bourgeon wide. MARCH. Sturdy March, with brows full sternly bent, And armed strongly, rode upon a Ram, The same which over Hellespontus swam, Yet in his hand a spade he also bent, And in a bag all sorts of weeds, the same Which on the earth he strewed as he went, And filled... | |
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