I like Elizabethan poetry too, but the faerie queene is a slog. It's been over a decade since I read it, so the details are fuzzy. I remember being bored out of my skull and becoming annoyed by the entire style of the thing--it is just. so. long. This is just my opinion though, so don't let me stop you. There are people who spend their careers studying it, so my opinion can't be universal. If you're interested, you should definitely give it a shot and see if you like it. It's not like you have to keep going if don't want to. Dip a toe in and see how it goes. There's a lot of symbolism and references in the piece, so you may want to find a good reference companion, or a very annotated edition. Or since you're reading for pleasure and not for a class, that may not matter anyway. If you do end up reading it, let me know what you think.