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He that is of reason’s skill bereft, And wants the staff of wisdom him to stay, Is like a ship in midst of tempest left, Withouten helm or pilot her to sway; Full sad and dreadful is that ship’s event: So is the man that wants intendiment.
He that is of reason’s skill bereft, And wants the staff of wisdom him to stay, Is like a ship in midst of tempest left, Withouten helm or pilot her to sway; Full sad and dreadful is that ship’s event: So is the man that wants intendiment.
Approximate author period: c. 1576 AD · renaissance
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- Edmund Spenser
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- Approximate author period: c. 1576 AD · renaissance
author lifetime midpoint (1553–1599)
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 672 · printed citation: Spenser · subject: WISDOM
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