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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 Spenser

Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach the small.
EDMUND SPENSER

Greatness Myself Reach Rule
I was promised on a time To have reason for my rhyme; From that time unto this season, I received nor rhyme nor reason.
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Myself Promise Reason Season Time
All for love, and nothing for reward.
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Love Reward
Her angel’s face, As the great eye of heaven shined bright, And made a sunshine in the shady place.
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Angel Eyes Face Greatness Place Sunshine
Unhappie Verse, the witnesse of my unhappie state, Make thy selfe fluttring wings of thy fast flying Thought.
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Fly Happiness Thinking Wings
To be wise and eke to love, Is granted scarce to gods above.
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God Grant Love Wisdom
Fresh spring the herald of love’s mighty king.
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King Love Spring
Such is the power of love in gentle mind, That it can alter all the course of kind.
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Inspirational Love Power
Bright as does the morning star appear, Out of the east with flaming locks bedight, To tell the dawning day is drawing near.
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Appearance Bed Bright Flame Light Morning Stars
Joy may you have and gentle hearts content Of your loves couplement: And let faire Venus, that is Queene of love, With her heart-quelling Sonne upon you smile
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Content Heart Love Queen Smile Yourself
She bathed with roses red, And violets blew. And all the sweetest flowers That in the forest grew.
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Beautiful Flower Forest Growth Herself Love Relationship Rose
Be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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Bold Character Inspirational Personality
My Love is like to ice, and I to fire: How comes it then that this her cold so great Is not dissolved through my so hot desire, But harder grows the more I her entreat?
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Cold Desire Fire Greatness Growth Hard Love Myself
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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Creature Enemy God Grace Love Man Mercy Service Wickedness
Ah! when will this long weary day have end, And lende me leave to come unto my love? – Epithalamion
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Leaving Love Myself
Greatest god below the sky.
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God Greatness Sky

From good to bad, and from bad to worse, From worse unto that is worst of all, And then return to his former fall.

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From good to bad, and from bad to worse, From worse unto that is worst of all, And then return to his former fall.

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