Quote#Time
I was promised on a time
Quote byEdmund Spenser · 1552–1599
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Lines on his Promised Pension; reported in Thomas Fuller, Worthies of England, vol ii, p. 379.
English (original)
I was promised on a time To have reason for my rhyme; From that time unto this season, I received nor rhyme nor reason.
— Edmund Spenser
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