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Quotes from The Faerie Queene — Edmund Spenser

1550–1599 England

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Dan Chaucer, well of English undefyled,
On Fames eternall beadroll worthie to be fyled.

The Faerie Queene (1589)

And in his hand a sickle he did holde,
To reape the ripened fruits the which the earth had yold.

The Faerie Queene (1589)

As the great eye of heaven, shyned bright,
And made a sunshine in the shady place.

The Faerie Queene (1589)

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.

The Faerie Queene (1589)

And is there care in Heaven? And is there love
In heavenly spirits to these Creatures bace?

The Faerie Queene (1589)

For we by conquest, of our soveraine might,
And by eternall doome of Fate's decree,
Have wonne the Empire of the Heavens bright.

The Faerie Queene (1589)

Is not short paine well borne, that brings long ease,
And layes the soul to sleepe in quiet grave?
Sleepe after toyle, port after stormie seas,
Ease after warre, death after life does greatly please.

The Faerie Queene (1589)

No daintie flowre or herbe that growes on grownd,
No arborett with painted blossoms drest
And smelling sweete, but there it might be fownd
To bud out faire, and throwe her sweete smels al arownd.

The Faerie Queene (1589)

As withered weed through cruell winters tine,
That feeles the warmth of sunny beames reflection,
Liftes up his head, that did before decline
And gins to spread his leafe before the faire sunshine.

The Faerie Queene (1589)

And as she lookt about, she did behold,
How over that same dore was likewise writ,
Be bold, be bold, and every where Be bold,
That much she muz'd, yet could not construe it
By any ridling skill, or commune wit.
At last she spyde at that same roomes upper end,
Another yron dore, on which was writ,
Be not too bold.

The Faerie Queene (1589)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Edmund Spenser (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.