Faerie Queene, The

[ kween ]

noun

1. a chivalric romance in verse (1590–96) by Edmund Spenser.

Example Sentences

She used to call her place The Faerie Queene; the new name and tightened menu aren’t a product of any focus groups, just listening to her customers and figuring out what the neighborhood wanted over time.

From Seattle Times

Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene, the cover drizzled with spilt candlewax, an accident that took place at university in 1974.

From The Guardian

While in Ireland Grey was served as secretary by Edmund Spenser, and in book v. of the Faerie Queene the poet represents his patron as a knight of very noble qualities named Artegall.

From Project Gutenberg

Obscure family history—The Finsbury livery stable—The surname Keats—Origin probably Cornish—Character of parents—Traits of childhood—The Enfield School—The Edmonton home—The Pymmes Brook—Testimonies of schoolmates—Edward Holmes—Charles Cowden Clarke—New passion for reading—Left an orphan—Apprenticed to a surgeon—Relations with his master—Readings in the poets—The Faerie Queene—The Spenser fever—Other poetic influences—Influences of nature—Early attempts in verse—Early sympathizers—George Felton Mathew—Move to London.

From Project Gutenberg

I got up from reading the Faerie Queene the other day and wandered into another room.

From Project Gutenberg