Gloriana > (The Faery Queen; Elizabeth)

210.1

WHo now shall giue vnto me words and sound,
2 Equall vnto this haughtie enterprise?
Or who shal lend me wings, with which from ground
4 My lowly verse may loftily arise,
And lift it selfe vnto the highest skies?
6 More ample spirit, then hitherto was wount,
Here needes me, whiles the famous auncestries
8 Of my most dreaded Soueraigne I recount,
By which all earthly Princes she doth farre surmount.

1 Who now shall give to me words and sound 2 Equal to this haughty enterprise?

haughty > lofty, noble

3 Or who shall lend me wings, with which from ground 4 My lowly verse may loftily arise, 5 And lift itself to the highest skies? 6 More ample spirit than hitherto was wont

wont > accustomed

7 Here needs me, while the famous ancestries

needs me > I need

8 Of my most dreaded sovereign I recount,