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I learned have, not to despise,What ever thing seemes small in common eyes.

Edmund Spenser

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Edmund Spenser
Died: 1599
Died: January 13
Poet
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London
England
Edmund Spencer
Learned
Small
Eyes
Common
Eye
Ever
Thing
Despise

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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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Make haste therefore, sweet love, whilst it is prime, For none can call again the passed time.
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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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Who will not mercy unto others show, How can he mercy ever hope to have?
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Those that were up themselves, kept others low Those that were low themselves, held others hard He suffered them to ryse or greater grow But every one did strive his fellow down to throw.
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