Canto 1, stanza 37
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A bold bad man, that dar'd to call by name
Great Gorgon, Prince of darknesse and dead night.
— Edmund Spenser
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "A bold bad man, that dar'd to call by name
Great Gorgon, Prince of darknesse and dead night." in the context of "Canto 1, stanza 37" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Edmund Spenser" (Quotes, The Faerie Queene (1589–1596), Book I)
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About Edmund Spenser
Edmund Spenser (c. 1552 – 13 January 1599) was an English poet, who wrote such pastorals as The Shepheardes Calendar, Astrophell and Colin Clouts Come Home Againe, but is most famous for the multi-layered allegorical romance, The Faerie Queene.
About Edmund Spenser
Edmund Spenser (c. 1552 – 13 January 1599) was an English poet, who wrote such pastorals as The Shepheardes Calendar, Astrophell and Colin Clouts Come Home Againe, but is most famous for the multi-layered allegorical romance, The Faerie Queene.
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