“Fondnesse it were for any being free, To covet fetters, though they golden bee.”
Quote by Edmund Spenser
Work
Poetical Works ...: Miscellaneous poems
This volume compiles a diverse array of poems, offering readers a glimpse into the author's creative expression and poetic prowess across a range of subjects and literary forms. more
Author
Edmund Spenser
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. more
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“So let us love, dear Love, like as we ought; Love is the lesson which the Lord us taught.”
Source: The Works of Edmund Spenser: With Observations on His Life and Writings
Source: The Works of Edmund Spenser: With Observations of His Life and Writings
“So passeth, in the passing of a day, Of mortall life the leafe, the bud, the flowre”
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“Like as the culver on the bared bough Sits mourning for the absence of her mate”
Source: Spenser's Sonnets
Source: The poetical works of Edmund Spenser ...
“Make haste therefore, sweet love, whilst it is prime, For none can call again the passed time.”
Source: Hymns. Visions. Elegiac poems
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“Such is the power of love in gentle mind, That it can alter all the course of kind.”
Source: The poetical works of Edmund Spenser ... from the text of J. Upton. With a preface, biographical and critical, by J. Aikin