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Full many mischiefs follow cruel wrath Abhorred bloodshed and tumultuous strife Unmanly murder and unthrifty scath, Bitter despite, with rancor's rusty knife And fretting grief the enemy of life All these and many evils more, haunt ire.

Edmund Spenser

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Edmund Spenser
Died: 1599
Died: January 13
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London
England
Edmund Spencer
Life
Murder
Knife
Abhorred
Anger
Evils
Tumultuous
Grief
Wrath
Rancor
Follow
Strife
Rusty
Full
Knives
Fretting
Enemy
Cruel
Haunt
Evil
Bitter
Bloodshed
Unmanly
Many
Despite
Mischief
Mischiefs

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