spright
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But first thou must a season fast and pray, Till from her bands the spright assoiled is, And have her strength recur'd from fraile infirmitis.
From Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Edmund Spenser
Sleep, baby, sleep: And do not bleat like sheep, Or else the shepherd's dog will bite My naughty, little, crying spright: Sleep, baby, sleep.
From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
When these sad sights were overpast and gone, My spright was greatly moved in her rest, With inward ruth and deare affection, To see so great things by so small distrest.
From The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5 by Edmund Spenser
His bulk itself’s pure genius, and he wears His avoirdupois with so much fire and spright That, though the creature stands but five feet five, You take him for the tallest He alive.
From Hawthorn and Lavender with Other Verses by William Ernest Henley
Long-while I sought to what I might compare Those powrefull eies which lighten my dark spright; Yet find I nought on earth, to which I dare Resemble th'ymage of their goodly light.
From The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5 by Edmund Spenser
