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Quotation from The Faerie Queene, Book I by Edmund Spenser

“Fierce warres and faithfull loves shall moralize my song.”

Edmund Spenser (spoken by Narrator (the poet))

The Faerie Queene, Book I, Book I, Proem, stanza 1 (Project Gutenberg #15272 (Wauchope, 1903))

Portrait of Edmund Spenser

The poet announces his subject: knightly war and love, made to carry moral meaning.

Citation: "Fierce warres and faithfull loves shall moralize my song." — Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book I, Book I, Proem, stanza 1 (Project Gutenberg #15272 (Wauchope, 1903)). (id the-faerie-queene-q1)

Portrait: The Faerie Queene frontispiece, William Ponsonby, 16th century printer, Public domain.

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