Spenser

Famous quotes containing the word spenser:

    Shepheards delights he dooth them all forsweare,
    Hys pleasaunt pipe, whych made us meriment,
    He wylfully hath broke, and doth forbeare,
    His wonted songs, wherein he all outwent.
    —Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599)

    So Orpheus did for his owne bride,
    So I unto my selfe alone will sing,
    The woods shall to me answer and my Eccho ring.
    —Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599)

    That through thy prowess and victorious arms,
    Thy country may be freed from foreign harms;
    And great Elisa’s glorious name may ring
    Through all the world
    —Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599)