This is a collection of sonnets written by the legendary poet Edmund Spenser. The sonnets are a tribute to the poet's love for a woman named Elizabeth Boyle. Th

'This masterly work ought to be The Elizabethan Encyclopedia, and no less.' - Cahiers Elizabethains Edmund Spenser remains one of Britain's most famous poets. W

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