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The gentle mind by gentle deeds is known.
For a man by nothing is so well bewrayed,
As by his manners.
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For of the soule the bodie forme doth take;
For the soule is forme, and doth the bodie make.
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One day I wrote her name upon the strand,
But came the waves and washed it away:
Again I wrote it with a second hand,
But came the tide, and made my pains his prey.
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Vaine is the vaunt, and victory unjust, that more to mighty hands, then rightfull cause doth trust.
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Death slew not him, but he made death his ladder to the skies.
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Gather therefore the Rose, whilst yet is prime, For soon comes age, that will her pride deflower: Gather the Rose of love, whilst yet is time.
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What though the sea with waves continual Doe eat the earth, it is no more at all ; Ne is the earth the lesse, or loseth ought : For whatsoever from one place doth fall Is with the tide unto another brought : For there is nothing lost, that may be found if sought.
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And painful pleasure turns to pleasing pain.
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Fierce wars and faithful loves shall moralize my song.
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The general end therefore of all the book is to fashion a gentleman or noble person in virtuous and gentle discipline.
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For we by conquest, of our soveraine might,
And by eternall doome of Fate's decree,
Have wonne the Empire of the Heavens bright.
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As the great eye of heaven, shyned bright,
And made a sunshine in the shady place.
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As when in Cymbrian plaine
An heard of bulles, whom kindly rage doth sting,
Doe for the milky mothers want complaine,
And fill the fieldes with troublous bellowing.
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The noble heart, that harbours virtuous thought,
And is with child of glorious great intent,
Can never rest, until it forth have brought
Th' eternal brood of glory excellent.
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Ah! when will this long weary day have end,
And lend me leave to come unto my love?
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For all that faire is, is by nature good;
That is a signe to know the gentle blood.
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For of the soul the body form doth take;
For soul is form, and doth the body make.
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How oft do they their silver bowers leave
To come to succour us that succour want!
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The gentle minde by gentle deeds is knowne.
For a man by nothing is so well bewrayd,
As by his manners.
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She bathed with roses red,
And violets blew.
And all the sweetest flowres
That in the forrest grew.
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Most glorious Lord of life, that on this day
Didst make thy triumph over death and sin:
And, having harrowed hell, didst bring away
Captivity thence captive, us to win.
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But of his cheere did seeme too solemne sad;
Yet nothing did he dread, but ever was ydrad.
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Who will not mercie unto others show,
How can he mercy ever hope to have?
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O happy earth,
Whereon thy innocent feet doe ever tread!
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Behold, whiles she before the altar stands,
Hearing the holy priest that to her speakes,
And blesseth her with his two happy hands.
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Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees.
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Edmund Spenser
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Died:
January 13, 1599
Bio:
Edmund Spenser was an English poet best known for The Faerie Queene, an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I.
Known for:
The Faerie Queene
Amoretti (1595)
The Shepheardes Calender
A view of the present state of Ireland
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