In vain he seeketh others to suppress, Who hath not learn’d himself first to subdue.
EDMUND SPENSERFor we by conquest, of our soveraine might,And by eternall doome of Fate’s decree,Have wonne the Empire of the Heavens bright.
More Edmund Spenser Quotes
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In one consort there sat cruel revenge and rancorous despite, disloyal treason and heart-burning hate.
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For evil deeds may better than bad words be borne.
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For deeds to die, however nobly done, And thoughts of men to as themselves decay, But wise words taught in numbers for to run, Recorded by the Muses, live for ay.
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Discord oft in music makes the sweeter lay.
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But Justice, though her dome she doe prolong, Yet at the last she will her owne cause right.
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What more felicity can fall to creature, than to enjoy delight with liberty?
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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.
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Like as the culver on the bared bough Sits mourning for the absence of her mate.
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For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.
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Sweet breathing Zephyrus did softly play, A gentle spirit, that lightly did delay Hot Titan’s beams, which then did glister fair.
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For next to Death is Sleepe to be compared; Therefore his house is unto his annext: Here Sleepe, ther Richesse, and hel-gate them both betwext.
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How many perils doe enfold The righteous man to make him daily fall.
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Thankfulness is the tune of angels.
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And painful pleasure turns to pleasing pain.
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So let us love, dear Love, like as we ought; Love is the lesson which the Lord us taught.
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