\'Great Lady of the greatest Isle, whose light Like Phoebus lampe throughout the world doth shine\' The Faerie Queene was one of the most influential poems in the English language.
Each book of the poem recounts the quest of a knight to achieve a virtue: the Red Crosse Knight of Holinesse, who must slay a dragon and fre.
Dedicating his work to Elizabeth I, Spenser brilliantly united Arthurian romance and Italian renaissance epic to celebrate the glory of the Virgin Queen. \'Great Lady of the greatest Isle, whose light Like Phoebus lampe throughout the world doth shine\' The Faerie Queene was one of the most influential poems in the English language