From The Faerie Queene Edmund Spenser We may remember too that in ancient times February was reckoned to be the last month of the year, as witness Spenser’s pageant figure: And lastly came cold February, sitting In an old wagon, for he could not ride, Drawn of two fishes, for the season fitting, Which through […]
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January 2 Edmund Spenser
The meaning is made clear Edmund Spenser, older contemporary of Shakespeare, whose pageant of the months, from the final fragment of his “Faerie Queene”, can conveniently figure in ‘Poetry Monthly’ : JANUARY Then came old January, wrappèd well In many weeds to keep the cold away; Yet did he quake and quiver, like to quell, […]