John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
245 Edmund Spenser 1552?-1599 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 245 |
| AUTHOR: | Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599) |
| QUOTATION: | A gentle knight was pricking on the plaine. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Faerie Queene. Book i. Canto i. St. 1. |