"Obscure"???? Edmund Spenser is acknowledged to be one of the four greats of English literature, along with Chaucer, Shakespeare and Milton (though less popularly known). That particular passage is from the Dedication of The Faerie Queene, his greatest work. There's lots more of the same out there, plenty by obscure poets and plenty by not so obscure. Feel free to seek them out!
And the Archbishop Of Canterbury is on record as praising his work and saying it was one of the greatest influences on his life?
Get real.
3,891 posted on 09/11/2010 5:41:03 PM PDT by OLD REGGIE
(I am a Biblical Unitarian?)
And the Archbishop Of Canterbury is on record as praising his work and saying it was one of the greatest influences on his life?
Just a guess, but I'm thinking the A of C at the time wouldn't have said much against Spenser if Elizabeth liked him! And Elizabeth lapped that stuff up!
3,894 posted on 09/11/2010 5:48:09 PM PDT by maryz