John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
274 Edmund Spenser 1552?-1599 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 274 |
| AUTHOR: | Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599) |
| QUOTATION: | Tell her the joyous Time will not be staid, Unlesse she doe him by the forelock take. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Amoretti, lxx. |
| Note 1. Take Time by the forelock.—Thales (of Miletus). 636–546 B. C. [back] |