To kirk the nearer, from God more far,
Has been an old-said saw.
And he that strives to touch the stars,
Oft stumbles at a straw.


The Shepherd's Calendar (1579). July, l. 97

Edmund Spenser Quotes

To kirk the nearer, from God more far, Has been an old-said saw. And he that strives to touch the stars, Oft stumbles at a straw.

To kirk the nearer, from God more far, Has been an old-said saw. And he that strives to touch the stars, Oft stumbles at a straw.

To kirk the nearer, from God more far, Has been an old-said saw. And he that strives to touch the stars, Oft stumbles at a straw.

To kirk the nearer, from God more far, Has been an old-said saw. And he that strives to touch the stars, Oft stumbles at a straw.