Edmund Spenser Quote

O what auailes it of immortall seedTo beene ybred and neuer borne to die?Farre better I it deeme to die with speed,Then waste in woe and wailefull miserie.Who dyes the vtmost dolour doth abye,But who that liues, is left to waile his losse:So life is losse, and death felicitie.Sad life worse then glad death: and greater crosseTo see friends graue, then dead the graue selfe to engrosse.

Edmund Spenser

O what auailes it of immortall seedTo beene ybred and neuer borne to die?Farre better I it deeme to die with speed,Then waste in woe and wailefull miserie.Who dyes the vtmost dolour doth abye,But who that liues, is left to waile his losse:So life is losse, and death felicitie.Sad life worse then glad death: and greater crosseTo see friends graue, then dead the graue selfe to engrosse.

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About Edmund Spenser

Edmund Spenser (; 1552/1553 – 13 January O.S. 1599) was an English poet best known for The Faerie Queene, an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. He is recognized as one of the premier craftsmen of nascent Modern English verse, and he is considered one of the great poets in the English language.