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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

“But angels come to lead frail minds to rest in chaste desires, on heavenly beauty bound. You frame my thoughts, and fashion me within; you stop my tongue, and teach my heart to speak.”

Mind Heart Desire Speak Teach Fashion My Heart Angel Bounds Tongue Heavenly Within You My Thoughts Frail Chaste

Book:Poetical works

Source: Poetical works

“But as it falleth, in the gentlest hearts Imperious love hath highest set his throne, And tyrannizeth in the bitter smarts Of them, that to him buxom are and prone.”

Heart Highest Smart Bitter Thrones

Author:Edmund Spenser

“A circle cannot fill a triangle, so neither can the whole world, if it were to be compassed, the heart of man; a man may as easily fill a chest with grace as the heart with gold. The air fills not the body, neither doth money the covetous mind of man.”

Ifs Men World Mind Heart May Whole Body Grace Air Gold Circles Whole World Chests Covetousness Triangles

Author:Edmund Spenser

“Ah, fool! faint heart fair lady ne'er could win.”

Heart Winning Fool Fairs Courtship

Book:The Works of Mr. Edmund Spenser: In Six Volumes : with a Glossary Explaining the Old and Obscure Words

Source: The Works of Mr. Edmund Spenser: In Six Volumes : with a Glossary Explaining the Old and Obscure Words

“In one consort there sat cruel revenge and rancorous despite, disloyal treason and heart-burning hate.”

Heart Hate Revenge Despite Burning Sat Treason Disloyal

Author:Edmund Spenser

“Foul jealousy! that turnest love divine to joyless dread, and makest the loving heart with hateful thoughts to languish and to pine.”

Heart Divine Jealousy Dread Hateful Foul Languish Makest

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“Yet is there one more cursed than they all, That canker-worm, that monster, jealousie, Which eats the heart and feeds upon the gall, Turning all love's delight to misery, Through fear of losing his felicity.”

Heart Losing Misery Delight Monsters Jealousy Worms Cursed Felicity

Book:Hymns. Visions. Elegiac poems

Source: Hymns. Visions. Elegiac poems

“Fresh spring the herald of love's mighty king.”

Love Heart Kings Spring

Author:Edmund Spenser

“This iron world bungs down the stoutest hearts to lowest state; for misery doth bravest minds abate.”

World Mind Heart States Misery Iron Lowest

Author:Edmund Spenser

“Joy may you have and gentle hearts content Of your loves couplement: And let faire Venus, that is Queene of love, With her heart-quelling Sonne upon you smile”

Heart May Joy Gentle Venus

Book:The poetical works of Edmund Spenser ...

Source: The poetical works of Edmund Spenser ...

“I hate the day, because it lendeth light To see all things, but not my love to see.”

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

“Her angel's face, As the great eye of heaven shined bright, And made a sunshine in the shady place.”

Love Heart Made Eye Faces Heaven Angel Sunshine Shady

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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