From good to bad, and from bad to worse, From worse unto that is worst of all, And then return to his former fall.
EDMUND SPENSERFor whatsoever from one place doth fall, Is with the tide unto an other brought: For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.
More Edmund Spenser Quotes
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She bathed with roses red, And violets blew. And all the sweetest flowers That in the forest grew.
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The man whom nature’s self had made to mock herself, and truth to imitate.
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Man’s wretched state, That floures so fresh at morne, and fades at evening late.
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Fondnesse it were for any being free, To covet fetters, though they golden bee.
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And painful pleasure turns to pleasing pain.
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Who will not mercy unto others show, How can he mercy ever hope to have?
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Death is an equall doome To good and bad, the common In of rest.
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For evil deeds may better than bad words be borne.
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All that in this delightful garden grows should happy be and have immortal bliss.
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Fresh spring the herald of love’s mighty king.
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Be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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But times do change and move continually.
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Hard it is to teach the old horse to amble anew.
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Discord oft in music makes the sweeter lay.
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Woe to the man that first did teach the cursed steel to bite in his own flesh, and make way to the living spirit!
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