Canto 8, stanza 1
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And is there care in Heaven? And is there love
In heavenly spirits to these Creatures bace?
— Edmund Spenser
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "And is there care in Heaven? And is there love
In heavenly spirits to these Creatures bace?" in the context of "Canto 8, stanza 1" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Edmund Spenser" (Quotes, The Faerie Queene (1589–1596), Book II)
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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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