| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 250 |
| AUTHOR: | Edmund Spenser (1552?1599) |
| QUOTATION: | Ay me, how many perils doe enfold The righteous man, to make him daily fall! 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Faerie Queene. Book i. Canto viii. St. 1. |
| | Note 1. Ay me! what perils do environ The man that meddles with cold iron! Samuel Butler: Hudibras, part i. canto iii. line 1. [back] |
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