275 did stir to glee our lads in homely bowers:
glee > delight bowers > rooms, chambers
276 So might you now, in these refined lays, 277 delight the dainty ears of higher powers. 278 And so might they in their deep scanning skill
scanning skill > ability to understand [poetry]
279 Allow and grace our Colin's flowing quill. 280 281 And fair befall that Faery Queen of yours,
fair > [fair fortune]
282 in whose fair eyes love linked with virtue sits: 283 Infusing by those beauties fierce divine,
divine > [and divine]
284 Such high conceits into your humble wits,
conceits > ideas