"Spenser was among his [Thomas Gray] favourite poets; and he told me he never sat down to compose poetry without reading Spenser for a considerable time previously."
— Edmund Spenser

January 1, 1970

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Poets from EnglandCritics of religionAnglicans from the United KingdomEpic poetsPeople from London
Original Language: English

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Norton Nicholls, 'Reminiscences of Gray', quoted in The Letters of Thomas Gray, including the Correspondence of Gray and Mason, Vol. II, ed. Duncan C. Tovey (1904), p. 279