quote · Legacy record
The other (maiden) up arose And her fair lockes, which formerly were bound Up in one knot, she low adowne did loose: Which, flowing long and thick her clothed around. And the ivorie in golden mantle gowned: So that fair spectacle from him was reft, Yet that, which reft it, no less faire was found: So, hid in lockes and waves from looker’s theft, Nought but her lovely face she for his looking left. Withall she laughèd, and she blushed withall, That blushing to her laughter gave more grace, And laughter to her blushing.
The other (maiden) up arose And her fair lockes, which formerly were bound Up in one knot, she low adowne did loose: Which, flowing long and thick her clothed around. And the ivorie in golden mantle gowned: So that fair spectacle from him was reft, Yet that, which reft it, no less faire was found: So, hid in lockes and waves from looker’s theft, Nought but her lovely face she for his looking left. Withall she laughèd, and she blushed withall, That blushing to her laughter gave more grace, And laughter to her blushing.
Approximate author period: c. 1576 AD · renaissance
Meaning not yet available
An individual explanation has not yet been added. We do not substitute a generic description for an interpretation of these particular words.
Begin with source-checked readings and explanations ↗Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Edmund Spenser
Attribution: attributed - Country attributed
- Not established
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin. - Historical period
- Approximate author period: c. 1576 AD · renaissance
author lifetime midpoint (1553–1599)
An author lifetime, approximate period or collection date is not necessarily the date when these words were first written or spoken. - Recorded source
- My Commonplace Book (third English edition,1921) (1921 AD)
Page 25 · printed citation: Spenser (Faerie Queene 2, XII, 67). · compiler notes excluded
A collection's publication date can be later than the words it records.