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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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All Men Heart Ifs Gentle Mind Doe Love May Fall Grace Heaven Sweet Bitter Deeds Grows Ill Poetry Wells World Firsts

Famous Edmund Spenser Quotes

“In vain he seeketh others to suppress, Who hath not learn'd himself first to subdue.”

Firsts Vain Temper

Book:The Works of Mr. Edmund Spenser

Source: The Works of Mr. Edmund Spenser

“So passeth, in the passing of a day, Of mortal life, the leaf, the bud, the flower; No more doth flourish after first decay, That erst was sought to deck both bed and bower Of many a lady and many a paramour. Gather therefore the rose whilst yet in prime, For soon comes age that will her pride deflower. Gather the rose of love whilst yet in time, Whilst loving thou mayst loved be with equal crime.”

Firsts Age Crime Flower Pride Bed Equal Rose Passing Passings Mortals Prime Decay Leafs Bud Deck

Author:Edmund Spenser

“Through knowledge we behold the world's creation, How in his cradle first he fostered was; And judge of Nature's cunning operation, How things she formed of a formless mass.”

World Firsts Creation Judging Mass Operations Cunning Cradle

Book:The poetical works of Edmund Spenser: With memoir and critical dissertations

Source: The poetical works of Edmund Spenser: With memoir and critical dissertations

“Me seemes the world is runne quite out of square,From the first point of his appointed sourse,And being once amisse growes daily wourse and wourse.”

World Firsts Squares

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

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

“Woe to the man that first did teach the cursed steel to bite in his own flesh, and make way to the living spirit!”

Men Way Firsts War Spirit Teach He Man Flesh Bites Steel Woe Cursed

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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