Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—S

Spenser

(Edmund), called by Milton “the sage and serious Spenser.” Ben Jonson, in a letter to Drummond, states that the poet “died for lake of bread.” (1553-1599.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Spenserian Metre
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