A Biography of Edmund Spenser

by John W. Hales

Produced by An Anonymous Project Gutenberg Volunteer

A BIOGRAPHY OF EDMUND SPENSER

By John W. Hales

Revised 1896

From the Macmillan Globe edition of
THE WORKS OF EDMUND SPENSER

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E D M U N D S P E N S E R.

Ille velut fidis arcana sodalibus olim
Credebat libris; neque, si male cesserat, unquam
Decurrens alio, neque si bene; quo fit ut omnis
Votiva pateat veluti descripta tabella
Vita senis.

Hither, as to their fountain, other stars
Repairing in their urns draw golden light.