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Edmund Spenser, a renowned English poet, was born in England in 1552. His poetry has had a profound impact on literature, with his epic poem 'The Faerie Queene' being hailed as a classic of English literature.

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Famous Edmund Spenser Quotes

“How many perils doe enfold The righteous man to make him daily fall.”

Men Doe Fall Temptation Righteous Peril Faerie Righteous Man

Book:The Works of Edmund Spenser ...

Source: The Works of Edmund Spenser ...

“What more felicitie can fall to creature Than to enjoy delight with libertie, And to be lord of all the workes of Nature, To raine in th' aire from earth to highest skie, To feed on flowres and weeds of glorious feature.”

Earth Fall Enjoy Nature Lord Creatures Highest Delight Features Glorious Weed

Book:The poetical works of Edmund Spenser ...

Source: The poetical works of Edmund Spenser ...

“It often falls, in course of common life, that right long time is overborne of wrong.”

Long Fall Courses Common Long Time Common Life

Book:The Works of Mr. Edmund Spenser

Source: The Works of Mr. Edmund Spenser

“From good to bad, and from bad to worse, From worse unto that is worst of all, And then return to his former fall.”

Fall Worst Return Former

Book:Poetical works

Source: Poetical works

“What though the sea with waves continuall Doe eate the earth, it is no more at all ; Ne is the earth the lesse, or loseth ought : For whatsoever from one place doth fall Is with the tyde unto another brought : For there is nothing lost, that may be found if sought.”

Ifs May Doe Earth Fall Found Lost Sea Ought Wave

Book:The Works of Edmund Spenser: With Observations on His Life and Writings

Source: The Works of Edmund Spenser: With Observations on His Life and Writings

“For whatsoever from one place doth fall, Is with the tide unto an other brought: For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.”

Ifs May Fall Found Lost Tides

Book:The Faerie Queene, Book Five

Source: The Faerie Queene, Book Five

“What more felicity can fall to creature, than to enjoy delight with liberty?”

Fall Enjoy Liberty Creatures Delight Felicity

Author:Edmund Spenser

About the Author

Born: 1552
Died: January 13, 1599
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 153

Books & Sources

The poetical works of Edmund Spenser: With memoir and critical dissertationsRelated source material

The Works of Edmund Spenser: With Observations of His Life and WritingsRelated source material

Amoretti And EpithalamionRelated source material

Hymns. Visions. Elegiac poemsRelated source material

Minor poemsRelated source material

Poetical worksRelated source material

The Poetical Works of Edmund SpenserRelated source material

The Works of Mr. Edmund SpenserRelated source material

Books I and II of the Faerie queene: the mutability cantos, and selections from the minor poetryRelated source material

Delphi Complete Works of Edmund Spenser (Illustrated)Related source material

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