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Greatest god below the sky.

Edmund Spenser

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Edmund Spenser
Died: 1599
Died: January 13
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London
England
Edmund Spencer
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Greatest
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But angels come to lead frail minds to rest in chaste desires, on heavenly beauty bound. You frame my thoughts, and fashion me within you stop my tongue, and teach my heart to speak.
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All flesh doth frailty breed!
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For since mine eyes your joyous sight did miss, my cheerful day is turned to cheerless night.
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O sacred hunger of ambitious minds.
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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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So Orpheus did for his owne bride, So I unto my selfe alone will sing, The woods shall to me answer and my Eccho ring.
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For evil deeds may better than bad words be borne.
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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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Is not short paine well borne, that brings long ease,And layes the soul to sleepe in quiet grave?Sleepe after toyle, port after stormie seas,Ease after warre, death after life does greatly please.
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Dan Chaucer, well of English undefyled,On Fames eternall beadroll worthie to be fyled.
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For of the soule the bodie forme doth take For the soule is forme, and doth the bodie make.
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Oft stumbles at a straw.
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Hasty wrath and heedless hazardy do breed repentance late and lasting infamy.
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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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Gather the rose of love whilst yet is time.
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For all that faire is, is by nature goodThat is a signe to know the gentle blood.
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Ah! when will this long weary day have end, And lende me leave to come unto my love? - Epithalamion
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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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