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The Faerie Queene -- Book 1 by Edmund Spenser (c.1552-1599) "The First Book of the Faerie Queene Contayning The Legende of the Knight of Red Crosse or Holinesse". The Faerie Queene was never completed, but it continues to be one of the most beautiful and important works of literature ever written. Spenser wrote it as a paean to the Virgin Queen Elizabeth, and to the golden age which she had brought to England. Sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh and commended by the foremost literary minds of his day, Spenser's book remains one of the crowning poetic achievements of the Elizabethan period.
Faerie Queene Short film from Book 1, Canto 1. Music from The Fountain (2006) soundtrack by Clint Mansell.
Music: Faerie Queen Artist: Heather Alexander Art: Queen Mab by Amy Brown Lyrics: One wintry night a wondrous sight I met while riding back Returning from a ceili, with me fiddle in me pack My horse, he stopped quite suddenly, his ears began to twitch He bucked and threw me pack and all into a nearby ditch I tried to rise, but then my eyes alighted on a scene Of faerie creatures dancing by, cavorting 'round their Queen She'd been out hunting, it was plain, delighted by her prize And though he was in thrall to her, I knew his gentle eyes I stood again and shouted when they drew abreast of me, "I challenge you, for you have caught my husband-soon-to-be!" They stopped and she stared down at me, the Queen astride her steed, "I see you have the courage, dear, but skill is wha...
Over on the hill There grows a flower Growing quicker still More perfect by the hour Deep within that flower Is a tiny chair All a-fringed with gold The fairy queen sits there It is in her breath That the wind does blow It is in her heart As pure as winter snow It is in her tears Crystal raindrops fall And within her years That she is in us all *Oh dark eyes Help me see Just one look She is gone Look on me We are one Fading with the setting sun As the willow bows To her majesty All the forest flowers Love her mystery Who would not admire Who could not adore Who does not desire Who wishes to see more?
Faerie Queene Spark Notes and Commentary
Six classic British books are considered with a fresh eye. Returning to the authors' original manuscripts and letters, expert writers and performers bring their personal insights to these great works. Part 1: The Faerie Queene Dr Janina Ramirez unravels Edmund Spenser's Elizabethan epic The Faerie Queene to reveal how this fantasy world of elves, nymphs and questing knights was written in the midst of the brutal Tudor occupation of Ireland, and how the writer's growing disillusionment with the conflict was coded into the poem's restless verse.
Plot Summary of the first book of Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene (1590) about Redcrosse Knight's adventure with Una to slay the Dragon--and kill all Catholics and Irishmen-- in the name of the queen of the faeries, Gloriana--or the Queen of England and the Protestant Church of England.-- Created using PowToon -- Free sign up at http://www.powtoon.com/join -- Create animated videos and animated presentations for free. PowToon is a free tool that allows you to develop cool animated clips and animated presentations for your website, office meeting, sales pitch, nonprofit fundraiser, product launch, video resume, or anything else you could use an animated explainer video. PowToon's animation templates help you create animated presentations and animated explainer videos from scratch. Anyo...
An advert for the 2011 film, The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser starring Caroline Lloyd as Una, Ollie Wiggins as Archimaho and Amelia Reid as Duessa. Filmed at Heslington Hall & Halifax College, University of York. Featuring 'Artibeus' by Hans Zimmer & James Newton-Howard and 'Stand Tall' from Epic Action and Advenutre
Nobody knows where the edge of knowledge marks
No one will ever enter the realm of subconsciousness
Just trying to show how intense is nakedness
And how futile can be complexity
Do really the blind leads the blind?
Unveiling from the nonsense voices
Too busy to give not worth meanings
To what seems to be the reaching key
Shut down words to hold back the pure
Inner screams from this living lure
Intense drama fills the hour
Pathetic rhymes just to show what's ours
Flowing pain painted as red
Realizing you're as good as dead!
Too busy to give not worth meanings
To what seems to be the reaching key
Shut down words to hold back the pure
Inner screams from this living lure
Collapse for superstition of truths
Terminal contradiction thought disease
Self-killing action in mind control