John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
270 Edmund Spenser 1552?-1599 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 270 |
| AUTHOR: | Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599) |
| QUOTATION: | To kerke the narre from God more farre, 1 Has bene an old-sayd sawe; And he that strives to touche a starre Oft stombles at a strawe. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Shepheardes Calender. July. Line 97. |
| Note 1. See Heywood, Quotation 40. [back] |