faerie

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Wyon portrayed Victoria - who became Queen in 1837, ruling until her death in 1901 - as Lady Una from Edmund Spenser's 1590 poem "The Faerie Queene", representing truth and purity.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Segerblom was going by the name Faerie Argyle Rainbow at the time—that was even the name on her driver’s license—and she had her closet organized by rainbow colors.

From Slate • Jun. 19, 2024

Yet I also hope to fill in some long-standing gaps on my lifetime reading list, starting with Lord Byron’s letters, Dorothy Dunnett’s swashbuckling “Lymond Chronicles” and Spenser’s “The Faerie Queene.”

From Washington Post • May 25, 2022

“For noble Britons sprong from Troians bold,” wrote Edmund Spenser in The Faerie Queene.

From The Guardian • Nov. 13, 2019

I can think of no other reason that honored and honorable Prince Dain, soon to be the ruler of Faerie, would ask for me.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black