First linesEdmund Spenser

  1. It falles me here to write of Chastity, The Legend of Britomartis, or of Chastity
  2. Lo! I, the man whose Muse whylome did maske, The Legend of the Knight of the Red Cross, or of Holiness
  3. Right well I wote, most mighty Soveraine, The Legend of Sir Guyon, or of Temperance
  4. So oft as I with state of present time The Legend of Artegall, or of Justice
  5. The rugged forhead, that with grave foresight The Legend of Cambel and Triamond, or of Friendship
  6. The waies, through which my weary steps I guyde The Legend of Calidore, or of Courtesy
  7. Those prudent heads, that with their counsels wise Dedicatory Sonnets
  8. What man that sees the ever-whirling wheele, Mutability

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