Browning gave us an effective harangue against spiritualism in Mr. Sludge, "The Medium," in blank verse, Byron proved a good critic of society in Don Juan, in Ottava Rima metre, Shelley preached moral reforms in the Revolt of Islam, in the Spenserian stanza.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell
The only warmth or spirit imported into it came from the bridegroom, who retained a vigorous-even Spenserian-bridal-mood throughout the morning.
"Desperate Remedies"
Thomas Hardy
It could not have been written in the Spenserian stanza.
"Essays Æsthetical"
George Calvert