Quote#Death
Most glorious Lord of lyfe that on this day
Quote byEdmund Spenser · 1552–1599
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Amoretti (1595), Sonnet LXVIII.
English (original)
Most glorious Lord of lyfe that on this day, Didst make thy triumph over death and sin: And, having harrowd hell, didst bring away, Captivity thence captive, us to win.
— Edmund Spenser
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