“Sluggish idleness--the nurse of sin.”
Quote by Edmund Spenser
Work
Edmund Spenser's Knight of the red cross; or Holiness [The faerie queene, book 1]. The antique spelling is modernized, obsolete words are displaced [&c., by W. Horton].
'Knight of the red cross; or Holiness' is the first part of 'The Faerie Queene', an early 17th-century English epic poem. This edition, edited by W. Horton, presents the text with contemporary spelling and corrections of archaic terms. 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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