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Excerpt from Spenser, and His Poetry, Vol. 1 of 3 With the single exception perhaps of Homer (who nowhere goes farther than a vague I or me, and only on some two or three occasions so far), all the great writers of the world who have not (like the dramatists) been precluded by the form of their compositions from ever coming forward in their own persons have told us, either by allusion or by direct statement, something of them selves in their writings. In general, indeed, an author's life both throws light upon his works, and derives illus tretien from them. Spenser's poetry abounds in refer caces to his personal history. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.