John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
250 Edmund Spenser 1552?-1599 John Bartlett
| 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] |