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ktr
ktr
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Community / Jr. College

 "As when old father Nilus gins to swell With timely pride above the Aegyptian vale, His fattie waves do fertile slime outwell"

 I need help depicting this quote

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Posted by ktr on Tuesday November 13, 2007 at 3:10 PM and tagged with book 1 canto 1, edmund spenser, the faerie queene.

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  1. linda-allen Teacher
    High School - 10th Grade

    eNotes Editor

    "Old father Nilus" refers to the Nile River in Egypt (Aegyptus). The river floods every year and deposits rich soil on the land ("the fertile slime outwell). Likewise, when the creature Error spews her poisons all sorts of foul things spring up.

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    Posted by linda-allen on Thursday November 15, 2007 at 8:49 AM

  2. fayed
    fayed Student
    College - Junior

    the poet praise queen Elizabeth and England as well

     

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    Posted by fayed on Monday March 31, 2008 at 8:41 AM