Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Spenser” in chapter 3 of James Russell Lowell, Among my books:
...and to trust ourselves to our own instincts.
And he hath his reward.
It needs not to bid
Renowned Chaucer lie a thought more nigh To rare Beaumond, and learned Beaumond lie A little nearer Spenser ; for there is no fear of crowding in that little society with whom he is now enrolled as fifth in the succession of the great English Poets.
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