Patterning his literary career after that of Vergil, Spenser first published 12 pastoral eclogues of The Shepheardes Calender(1579), which treat the shepherd as rustic priest and poet.

斯宾塞以维蓝本，首出版了 The Shepheardes Calenders（1579 ） 12 田园诗集，将牧羊人视质朴牧师和诗人。