Excerpt from The Works of Edmund Spenser, Vol. 5 Such as they were (faire Ladie) Degrees take in worth, That when time ferves may bring things better forth. 2. In Summers day, when Phoebus fairly lhone, I faw a Bull as white as driven fnowe, With gilden hornes embowed like the Moone, In a freih flowring meadow lying lowe: Up to his cares the verdant grafte did growe, And the gay flonres did offer to be eaten But be with fatnes fo did overflowe, That he all wallowed in the weedes downe beaten, Ne car'd with them his daintie lips to fweeten Till that a Brize, d a fcorned little creature, Through his faire hide his angrie {ting did threaten, And vext fo fore, that all his goodly feature, And all his plenteous pafiure nought him pleafed So by the (mall the great is oft difeafed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.