“Ay me, how many perils doe enfold
The righteous man, to make him daily fall!”

— Edmund Spenser , The Faerie Queene

Canto 8, stanza 1
The Faerie Queene (1589–1596), Book I

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English poet 1552–1599

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“Ay me, how many perils doe enfoldThe righteous man, to make him daily fall!”

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“Ay me, how many perils doe enfold
The righteous man, to make him daily fall!”