SPENSER

EDMUND, &. in London, y | 1552, d. 1599, a celebrated English poet. t| The “ Shepherd's Calendar’ appeared in "| 1579, and was dedicated to his friend and i} patron, Sir Philip Sidney. His greatest - | poem, the “ Fatrie Queene,” was to have | consisted of twelve books, bat only six >| exist, Sag Fatrie Queene.) | [s. 285]