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Woe to the man that first did teach the cursed steel to bite in his own flesh, and make way to the living spirit!

Edmund Spenser

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Edmund Spenser
Died: 1599
Died: January 13
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London
England
Edmund Spencer
Men
Teach
Living
War
Cursed
Spirit
Woe
Firsts
Bite
First
Bites
Way
Steel
Make
Flesh

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