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,