And he that strives to touch the stars,
Oft stumbles at a straw.

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Spenser, Edmund. "Julye." The Shepheardes Calender. London, 1579.

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Spenser, Edmund. "The Shepheardes Calender." The Shorter Poems, edited by Richard A. Mccabe. Penguin Classics, 2000.

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A quote by Edmund Spenser about going for it: “And he that strives to touch the stars, Oft stumbles at a straw.”

A quote by Edmund Spenser about going for it: “And he that strives to touch the stars, Oft stumbles at a straw.”

A quote by Edmund Spenser about going for it: “And he that strives to touch the stars, Oft stumbles at a straw.”