One day I wrote her name upon the strand,
But came the waves and washèd it away:
Again I wrote it with a second hand,
But came the tide, and made my pains his prey.
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/edmund...
✒️ #EdmundSpenser, poet (The Faerie Queene), #DOTD 13 January 1599. #Poetry
Brawny knights in frocks. Fair maidens in plate armour. All the cross-dressing, gender-bending, sword-clashing, monster-hunting, pseudo-medieval action you could ask for. It's The Faerie Queene, Pendragon-style.
#ttrpg #edmundspenser
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“ tending for the most parte to the hurte of the English or mayntenance of theire owne lewd libertye . . . They seldome . . . chuse unto themselves the doinges of good men for the ornamentes of theire poems, but whomsoever they finde to be most lycentious of lief, most bolde and lawles in his doinges, most daungerous and desperate in all partes of disobedience and rebellious disposicon, him they sett up and glorifie in theire rymes, him they prayse to the people, and to younge men make an example to followe. ” Edmund Spenser, 1596 not talking about Kneecap
Bhí na Sasanaigh ag imirt an chluiche seo le fada an lae. #Kneecap #LewdLiberty
Even 16th century epic poetry knows what’s up.
#thefaeriequeene #edmundspenser #orangeclown #nokingsday #cheetoincharge #orangebuffoon
One day I wrote her name upon the strand,
But came the waves and washèd it away:
Again I wrote it with a second hand,
But came the tide, and made my pains his prey.
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/edmund...
✒️ #EdmundSpenser, poet (The Faerie Queene), #DOTD 13 January 1599 #Poetry#Literature
Discover the virtuous heart of The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser.
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Discover the virtuous heart of The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser.
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Behold the enchanting beauty of The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser – mflibra.com/products/185... – This scarce 1855 edition, adorned with a breathtaking fore-edge painting and illustrations by Corbould.
#BookWithASoul #MFLIBRA #OwnAPieceOfHistory #EdmundSpenser #ForeEdgePainting #RareBooks
