For deeds do die, however nobly done,
And thoughts of men do as themselves decay,
But wise words taught in numbers for to run, Recorded by the Muses, live for ay.


The Ruines of Time (1591), l. 400

Edmund Spenser Quotes

For deeds do die, however nobly done, And thoughts of men do as themselves decay, But wise words taught in numbers for to run, Recorded by the Muses, ...

For deeds do die, however nobly done, And thoughts of men do as themselves decay, But wise words taught in numbers for to run, Recorded by the Muses, ...

For deeds do die, however nobly done, And thoughts of men do as themselves decay, But wise words taught in numbers for to run, Recorded by the Muses, ...

For deeds do die, however nobly done, And thoughts of men do as themselves decay, But wise words taught in numbers for to run, Recorded by the Muses, ...