Do bend
Then seeke this path, that I to thee presage,
Which after all to heauen shall thee send;
Then peaceably thy painefull pilgrimage
To yonder same Hierusalem do bend,
Where is for thee ordaind a blessed end:
For thou emongst those Saints, whom thou doest see,
Shalt be a Saint, and thine owne nations frend
And Patrone: thou Saint George shalt called bee,
Saint George of mery England, the signe of victories.
(Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book 1, 10.61)
I could figure the most of these lines out but couldn't figure out the phrase "do bend" and the emphasized two lines. Can you help me, again?
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alibey1917 the phrase "do bend" It is the imperative form in old style. "Bend" is in the archaic meaning "direct". alibey1917 and the emphasized two lines Will become a saint, and the friend (helper, comforter) and patron of your ("thine") native ("own") country ("nation"): you will be ("bee") called Saint George.
- alibey1917 the phrase "do bend" It is the imperative form in old style.
- "Bend" is in the archaic meaning "direct".
- alibey1917 and the emphasized two lines Will become a saint, and the friend (helper, comforter) and patron of your ("thine") native ("own") country ("nation"): you will be ("bee") called Saint George.
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alibey1917the phrase "do bend"
It is the imperative form in old style. "Bend" is in the archaic meaning "direct".
alibey1917and the emphasized two lines
Will become a saint, and the friend (helper, comforter) and patron of your ("thine") native ("own") country ("nation"): you will be ("bee") called Saint George.
0The pilgrimage "bends" to Jerusalem, referring to a turning towards Jerusalem, or possibly a winding course.
The underlined lines mean "(thou) shall be a Saint, and a friend and patron to thine own nation [presumably referring to his becoming the patron saint of England]; thou shall be called Saint George".
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