The noblest mind the best contentment has.
EDMUND SPENSERHer angel’s face, As the great eye of heaven shined bright, And made a sunshine in the shady place.
More Edmund Spenser Quotes
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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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This iron world bungs down the stoutest hearts to lowest state; for misery doth bravest minds abate.
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And he that strives to touch the stars Oft stumbles at a straw.
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Make haste therefore, sweet love, whilst it is prime, For none can call again the passed time.
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To be wise and eke to love, Is granted scarce to gods above.
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For easy things, that may be got at will, Most sorts of men do set but little store.
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Through knowledge we behold the world’s creation, How in his cradle first he fostered was; And judge of Nature’s cunning operation, How things she formed of a formless mass.
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The fish once caught, new bait will hardly bite.
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All love is sweet Given or returned And its familiar voice wearies not ever.
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For evil deeds may better than bad words be borne.
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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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No dainty flower or herbs that grows on ground, No arborett with painted blossoms drest And smelling sweet, but there it might be found To bud out fair, and throw her sweet smells all around.
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In one consort there sat cruel revenge and rancorous despite, disloyal treason and heart-burning hate.
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A sweet attractive kind of grace, A full assurance given by looks, Continual comfort in a face, The lineaments of Gospel books– I trow that countenance cannot lye Whose thoughts are legible in the eye.
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Death is an equall doome To good and bad, the common In of rest.
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