"The Faerie Queen" poet (7)
I believe the answer is:
spenser
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">the faerie queen poet</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for spenser that I've seen before include "Edmund ---, Eliz. poet" , "The Faerie Queene author" , "Edmund - , sixteenth century English poet" , "Edmund, 16th century poet" , "English poet of 'The Faerie Queene'" .)