Amoretti, A Sonnet Cycle

One of the greatest of all English poets, Edmund Spenser was born in East Smithfield, London, in 1552. Spenser was educated in London at the Merchant Taylors' School and later at Pembroke College, Cambridge. In 1579, he published The Shepheardes Calender, his first major work. Spenser journeyed to Ireland in July 1580, in the service of the newly appointed Lord Deputy, Arthur Grey, 14th Baron Grey de Wilton. His time included the terrible massacre at the Siege of Smerwick where he served alongsi