"Geason" Quotes from Famous Books
... bayting, Corrupted had th'ayre with his noysome breath. And powr'd on th'earth plague, pestilence, and death. Emongst the rest a wicked maladie Raign'd emongst men, that manie did to die, 10 Depriv'd of sense and ordinarie reason; That it to leaches seemed strange and geason. [Geason, rare.] My fortune was, mongst manie others moe, To be partaker of their common woe; And my weake bodie, set on fire with griefe, 15 Was rob'd of rest and naturall reliefe. In this ill plight, there came to visite mee Some friends, who, sorie my sad ... — The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5 • Edmund Spenser |