“For take thy ballaunce if thou be so wise, And weigh the winds that under heaven doth blow; Or weigh the light that in the east doth rise; Or weigh the thought that from man's mind doth flow.” IfsMenMindLightHeavenWiseWindReflectionFlowBlowEastFolly Author:Edmund Spenser
“For we by conquest, of our soveraine might,And by eternall doome of Fate's decree,Have wonne the Empire of the Heavens bright.” MightHeavenFateEmpiresConquestDecree Book:THE FAERIE QUEENE. Source: THE FAERIE QUEENE.
“At last, the golden orientall gate Of greatest heaven gan to open fayre, And Phoebus, fresh as brydegrome to his mate, Came dauncing forth, shaking his dewie hayre; And hurls his glistring beams through gloomy ayre.” LastsHeavenGoldenGatesMatesShakingBeamGloomyAurora Author:Edmund Spenser
“Nothing under heaven so strongly doth allure the sense of man, and all his mind possess, as beauty's love.” MenMindHeavenAttractivenessAllure Author:Edmund Spenser
“Men, when their actions succeed not as they would, are always ready to impute the blame thereof to heaven, so as to excuse their own follies.” MenActionHeavenReadySucceedBlameExcuseFolly Author:Edmund Spenser
“One day I wrote her name upon the strand, But came the waves and washèd it away: Again I wrote it with a second hand, But came the tide and made my pains his prey. Vain man (said she) that dost in vain assay A mortal thing so to immortalise; For I myself shall like to this decay, And eke my name be wipèd out likewise. Not so (quod I); let baser things devise To die in dust, but you shall live by fame; My verse your virtues rare shall eternise, And in the heavens write your glorious name: Where, when as Death shall all the world subdue, Our love shall live, and later life renew.” MenWorldWritingMadeSaidHandsPainDiesNamesHeavenVirtueOne DayFameWaveDustMortalsVainGloriousLive ByTidesDecayVersesOur LovePreyStrandsSecond Hand Author:Edmund Spenser
“Her angel's face, As the great eye of heaven shined bright, And made a sunshine in the shady place.” LoveHeartMadeEyeFacesHeavenAngelSunshineShady Author:Edmund Spenser
