Spenser

Brilliant as an exponent of the virtues in Spenser, Dante, Chaucer, Lewis could not write his own poetry.
The Odd Story of C.S. Lewis, an Extremely Odd Man|A.N. Wilson|March 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Iconic characters like Marlowe, Spenser, and James Bond make up the patchwork of our modern day folklore.
Leave John Banville Alone! Why Chandler’s Marlowe Should Live On|Ace Atkins|September 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Spenser in his Fairy Queen makes one of the characters include it with other herbs celebrated for medicinal qualities.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Of all the great poets, but few have been such masters 281 of the art of making musical verse as Spenser.
English: Composition and Literature|W. F. (William Franklin) Webster

The word elfin, which became quite a common word, seems to have been invented by Spenser.
Stories That Words Tell Us|Elizabeth O'Neill
Quick as in “quick and dead” meant living, whence “Elfe, to wit Quick,” was clearly understood by Spenser as life.
Archaic England|Harold Bayley
After dinner construe Ovid (100 lines); finish second book of Spenser, and read two cantos of the third.
The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2)|Florence A. Thomas Marshall

British Dictionary definitions for Spenser

Spenser

/ (ˈspɛnsə) /

noun

Edmund. ?1552–99, English poet celebrated for The Faerie Queene (1590; 1596), an allegorical romance. His other verse includes the collection of eclogues The Shephearde's Calendar (1579) and the marriage poem Epithalamion (1594)

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