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To Kerke The Narre From God More Farre, Has Bene An Old-sayd Sawe
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To kerke the narre from God more farre,
Has bene an old-sayd sawe;
And he that strives to touche a starre
Oft stombles at a strawe.
-- Edmund Spenser (1553-1599)
-- The Shepheardes Calender, July, Line 97
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