Edmund Spenser
Edmund Spenser
Edmund Spenserwas an English poet best known for The Faerie Queene, an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. He is recognized as one of the premier craftsmen of nascent Modern English verse, and is often considered one of the greatest poets in the English language...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
wise reflection blow
For take thy ballaunce if thou be so wise, And weigh the winds that under heaven doth blow; Or weigh the light that in the east doth rise; Or weigh the thought that from man's mind doth flow.
flower blow men
Vain-glorious man, when fluttering wind does blow In his light wing's, is lifted up to sky; The scorn of-knighthood and true chivalry. To think, without desert of gentle deed And noble worth, to be advanced high, Such praise is shame, but honour, virtue's meed, Doth bear the fairest flower in honourable seed.
beauty blood gentle
For all that faire is, is by nature good;That is a signe to know the gentle blood.
taste
There is no disputing about taste.
fall men righteous-man
How many perils doe enfold The righteous man to make him daily fall.
firsts vain temper
In vain he seeketh others to suppress, Who hath not learn'd himself first to subdue.
nurse sin sluggish
Sluggish idleness--the nurse of sin.
care harvest crops
And thus of all my harvest-hope I have Nought reaped but a weedye crop of care.
feet doe earth
O happy earth, Whereon thy innocent feet doe ever tread!
spring cuckoos messengers
The merry cuckow, messenger of Spring, His trumpet shrill hath thrice already sounded.
beauty men shows
Beauty is not, as fond men misdeem, an outward show of things that only seem.
justice lasts domes
But Justice, though her dome doom she doe prolong,Yet at the last she will her owne cause right.
gentleman deeds gentle
The gentle minde by gentle deeds is knowne.
men may littles
For easy things, that may be got at will, Most sorts of men do set but little store.