Edmund Spenser
Edmund Spenser
Edmund Spenserwas an English poet best known for The Faerie Queene, an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. He is recognized as one of the premier craftsmen of nascent Modern English verse, and is often considered one of the greatest poets in the English language...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
men should
Why then should witless man so much misweene That nothing is but that which he hath seene?
blessed angel men
But O the exceeding grace Of highest God, that loves his creatures so, And all his works with mercy doth embrace, That blessed angels, he sends to and fro, To serve to wicked man, to serve his wicked foe.
survival stones genius
The poets scrolls will outlive the monuments of stone. Genius survives; all else is claimed by death.
jealous hands affection
Entire affection hateth nicer hands.
fall sea doe
What though the sea with waves continuall Doe eate the earth, it is no more at all ; Ne is the earth the lesse, or loseth ought : For whatsoever from one place doth fall Is with the tyde unto another brought : For there is nothing lost, that may be found if sought.
evil may deeds
For evil deeds may better than bad words be borne.
wise men deceit
What man so wise, what earthly wit so ware, As to descry the crafty cunning train, By which deceit doth mask in visor fair, And cast her colours dyed deep in grain, To seem like truth, whose shape she well can feign, And fitting gestures to her purpose frame, The guiltless man with guile to entertain?
book home patron
The Patron of true Holinesse, Foule Errour doth defeate: Hypocrisie him to entrappe, Doth to his home entreate.
charity ends ifs
Good is no good, but if it be spend, God giveth good for none other end.
revenge hate heart
In one consort there sat cruel revenge and rancorous despite, disloyal treason and heart-burning hate.
wrath rage repentance
Hasty wrath and heedless hazardy do breed repentance late and lasting infamy.
yield brave spurs
Who would ever care to do brave deed, Or strive in virtue others to excel, If none should yield him his deserved meed Due praise, that is the spur of doing well? For if good were not praised more than ill, None would choose goodness of his own free will.
free-will praise goodness
For if good were not praised more than ill, None would chuse goodness of his own free will.
pleasure paine
And painefull pleasure turnes to pleasing paine.