The youthfull knight could not for ought be staide, But for… - Edmund Spenser

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The youthfull knight could not for ought be staide,
But forth vnto the darksome hole he went,
And looked in:his glistring armor made
A litle glooming light, much like a shade,

Edmund Spenser

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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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Alternative Names: Edmund Spencer • Edmund Spenſer • Ed. Sp.

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Who will not mercie unto others show, How can he mercy ever hope to have?

One day I wrote her name upon the strand,
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Again I wrote it with a second hand,
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GOE, little booke: thy selfe present,
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To him that is the president
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