Project Gutenberg 2018-10-05 Public domain in the USA. 209 Hawes, Stephen The Pastime of Pleasure: An Allegorical Poem Produced by Mark C. Orton, Stephen Hutcheson, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.) "The Pastime of Pleasure: An Allegorical Poem" by Stephen Hawes is an allegorical poem written in the 16th century. The work explores themes of love, knowledge, and virtue, set against a richly crafted medieval backdrop. It follows the protagonist, Graunde Amoure, as he embarks on a journey through various symbolic towers representing the sciences and virtues, ultimately in pursuit of La Bell Pucell, the embodiment of ideal beauty and virtue. At the start of the poem, Graunde Amoure finds himself in a meadow where he encounters the personification of Fame, who informs him of the beautiful lady La Bell Pucell residing in a perilous tower. In his quest to attain La Bell Pucell, he must tread either the challenging path of contemplation or the easier way of worldly ambition, which leads him to seek knowledge and adventure. As Graunde Amoure journeyed through towers representing different sciences, he is guided by allegorical figures such as Grace and Governance, emphasizing the poem’s exploration of the importance of learning and moral structure in achieving true love and fulfillment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 66.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 PR Text Category: Poetry Category: Classics of Literature Category: British Literature 431265 2025-06-23T07:51:07.128639 text/html 424402 2018-10-05T17:11:00 text/html 259874 2025-06-23T07:51:18.354028 application/epub+zip 267862 2025-06-23T07:51:09.630603 application/epub+zip 193614 2025-06-23T07:51:08.380613 application/epub+zip 412171 2025-06-23T07:51:23.684022 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 385824 2025-06-23T07:51:17.166075 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 336685 2022-09-26T09:34:22.117895 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 291956 2025-06-23T07:51:04.985645 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 291744 2018-10-05T17:10:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 291695 2018-10-05T17:10:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19950 2025-06-23T07:51:23.847050 application/rdf+xml 16992 2025-06-23T07:51:08.538592 image/jpeg 2745 2025-06-23T07:51:08.459610 image/jpeg 104868 2018-10-05T17:11:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 104802 2018-10-05T17:11:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 221872 2018-10-05T17:11:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 241955 2025-06-23T07:51:07.166631 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia