Edmund Spenser Quotes

Walk of life:English poet

Born:1552, London, U.K

Died:13 January 1599, London, U.K

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She bathed with roses red, And violets blew. And all the sweetest flowers That in the forest grew.
EDMUND SPENSER

Beautiful Flower Forest Growth Love Relationship Rose
But times do change and move continually.
EDMUND SPENSER

Change Move Time
All that in this world is great or gay, Doth, as a vapor, vanish and decay.
EDMUND SPENSER

Greatness Happiness Philosophy World
For if good were not praised more than ill, None would choose goodness of his own free will.
EDMUND SPENSER

Choice Freedom Goodness Praise Sick Willing
Her angel’s face, As the great eye of heaven shined bright, And made a sunshine in the shady place.
EDMUND SPENSER

Angel Eyes Face Greatness Place Sunshine
Like as the culver on the bared bough Sits mourning for the absence of her mate.
EDMUND SPENSER

Absence Cry Friendship Loss
Discord oft in music makes the sweeter lay.
EDMUND SPENSER

Music Sweet
The noblest mind the best contentment has.
EDMUND SPENSER

Best Contentment Mindset Noble
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.
EDMUND SPENSER

Creation Form Judgement Knowledge Nature Operation World
What more felicity can fall to creature, than to enjoy delight with liberty?
EDMUND SPENSER

Enjoyment Fall Liberty

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