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For of the soul the body form doth take, / For soul is form, and doth the body make.

For of the soul the body form doth take, / For soul is form, and doth the body make.

Approximate author period: c. 1576 AD · renaissance

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Author or tradition
Edmund Spenser
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Approximate author period: c. 1576 AD · renaissance
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Recorded source
Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)

Printed citation: Spenser. · page_110

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