Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Bk. VII, Canto vii, st. 9
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Dan Geffrey, in whose gentle spright The pure well-head of poetry did dwell.
— Edmund Spenser on Geoffrey Chaucer
What It Means
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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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