Bower of Bliss
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Sir Guyon, after conquering many foes of goodness, is the destroyer of the most perilous of them all, Acrasia, licentiousness, and her ensnaring Bower of Bliss.
From Spenser by Church, R. W. (Richard William)
Her story is, that her man has been led astray by the Lady Acrasia, who leads many knights to her Bower of Bliss, and there makes them forget honor and knightly duty.
From Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived by Long, William Joseph
Bower of Bliss, the residence of the witch Acras'ia, a beautiful and most fascinating woman.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham
Spenser says she is an enchantress living in the "Bower of Bliss," in "Wandering Island."
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham
Not he who drew Acrasia's Bower of Bliss And Phædria's happy isle could picture this.
From Gawayne and the Green Knight A Fairy Tale by Lewis, Charlton Miner
