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Sonnet LXXVII

Was it a dreame, or did I see it playne,a goodly table of pure yvory:all spred with iuncats, fit to entertayne,the greatest Prince with pompous roialty.

Mongst which there in a siluer dish did ly,twoo golden apples of vnualewd price:far passing those which Hercules came by,or those which Atalanta did entice.

Exceeding sweet, yet voyd of sinfull vice,

That many sought yet none could euer taste,sweet fruit of pleasure brought from paradice:

By loue himselfe and in his garden plaste.

Her brest that table was so richly spredd,my thoughts the guests, which would thereon haue fedd.

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Edmund Spenser

Edmund Spenser (1552/1553 – 13 January 1599) was an English poet best known for The Faerie Queene, an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebra…

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