 Ay me, how many perils doe enfold The righteous man, to make him daily fall? Were not, that heavenly grace doth him uphold, And stedfast truth acquite him out of all.  The Fairy Queen - Page 107by Edmund Spenser - 1758Full view - About this book
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 pages
...to the canto that tells this, indicates what the help is which comes through Arthur and Una :— " Ay me ! how many perils do enfold The righteous man,...Were not, that Heavenly Grace doth him uphold, And stedfast Truth acquit him out of all. 1 " Thoa, O Lord, art a shield for me ; my glory, and the lifter... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1876 - 838 pages
...dear. Brings Arthur to the fight : Who slays the giant, wounds the beast, And strips Duessa quite. I. AY me, how many perils do enfold The righteous man,...fall, Were not that heavenly grace doth him uphold, 1 Deliver. And stedfast Truth acquit1 him out of all! Her love is firm, her care continual, So oft... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 470 pages
...Arthur and Una with heavenly Grace and steadfast Truth. [CANTO VHI.] i. Ay me ! how many perils doe enfold The righteous man, to make him daily fall, Were not that heavenly grace doth him uphold, And stedfast truth acquito him out at all. Her love is firme, her care continuall, So oft as he, through... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1876 - 840 pages
...Who slays the giant, wounds the beast, And strips Duessa quite. AT me, how many perils do enfold Th« ono. But 6 stedfast Truth acquit him out of all ! Her love is firm, her care continual. So oft as he, through... | |
 | Poets - 1877 - 300 pages
...powerfull wit. Sir Robert Peel, 1788. Prosopopoia, or Mother Hubberds Tale. Ay me ! how many perils doe enfold The righteous man, to make him daily fall, Were not that heavenly grace doth him uphold, And stedfast truth acquite him out at all. The Faerie Qveene. The noble hart that harbours vertuous thought,... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1881 - 738 pages
...Roll slowly on. This surely bodes a storm. Joannu Buillie, Rayner, I. 1. TEMPTATION— see Saints. Ay me ! how many perils do enfold The righteous man,...fall ! Were not that heavenly grace doth him uphold, TEMPTATION— continued. Oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tells us truths... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1881 - 298 pages
...Jigbt: H~bo slayes thai Gjmt. icomds the beast, and Orips Dmeaa jtagbt. 1 AT me, bow many perils doe enfold The righteous man, to make him daily fall, Were not that heavenly grace doth him uphold, And stedfast truth acqurte him out of afl. Her lore is firme, her care continual], So oft as he through... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1881 - 298 pages
...fight: Who slayes lbat Gyant, wounds the heast, and strips Duessa quight. 1 AY me, how many perils doe enfold The righteous man, to make him daily fall, Were not that heavenly grace doth him uphold, And stedfast truth acquite him out of all. Her love is firme, her care continual!, • So oft as he through... | |
 | Polished corner-stones - 1882 - 122 pages
...heavenward, striving with the powers of evil, falling short of triumph when fighting in his own strength. " Ay me ! how many perils do enfold The righteous man...Were not that heavenly grace doth him uphold, And steadfast Truth acquit him out of all." The bringer of this Divine help is Prince Arthur, who carries... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - Quotations - 1882 - 926 pages
...Sc. 4. To beguile many, and be begnil'd by one. 1. Othello. Act IV. Sc. 1. Ah me! how many perils doe enfold The righteous man, to make him daily fall, Were not that heavenly grace doth him uphold, And stedfast truth acquite him out of all. m. SPENSEB — Fœrie Qiicene. Bk. I. Canto VHL St. 1. Some... | |
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