Maxioms by Edmund Spenser
Don Chaucer. well of English undefyled
On Fame's eternall beadroll worthie to be fyled.
Don Chaucer. well of English undefyled
On Fame's eternall beadroll worthie to be fyled.
Yet was he but a squire of low degree.
Yet was he but a squire of low degree.
Entire affection hateth nicer hands.
Entire affection hateth nicer hands.
One day I wrote her name upon the strand,
But came the waves and washed it away;
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One day I wrote her name upon the strand,
But came the waves and washed it away;
Agayne I wrote it with a second hand,
But came the tyde and made my paynes his prey.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
