The author prays for eternal rest with the God of Sabbath at the end of two cantos appended to this poem after his death, describing a rebellion against Jove led by the angel Mutabilitie.
A character in this poem asserts that "sleep after toil, port after stormy seas, / Ease after war, death after life does greatly please." The eighth stanza of this poem lists "the sayling Pine, the Cedar proud and tall, / The vine-prop Elme, the Poplar never dry," as entries in a catalog of trees. The earliest known version of the rhyme "roses are red, violets are blue" appears in a passage of this poem describing the immaculate conception of Amoretta and (*) Belphoebe. The author prays for eternal rest with the God of Sabbath at the end of two cantos appended to this poem after his death, describing a rebellion against Jove led by the angel Mutabilitie. The first canto of this poem notes that "A Gentle Knight was pricking on the Plain," then describes how the knight cuts off the head of the monster Error with the encouragement of Lady Una. For 10 points, name this epic poem allegorizing Queen Elizabeth I as Gloriana, by Edmund Spenser.
A character in this poem asserts that "sleep after toil, port after stormy seas, / Ease after war, death after life does greatly please.
The Faerie Queene