From the School Library...

"Aye me, how many perils do enfold

The righteous man, to make him daily fall?

Were not, that heavenly grace doth him uphold,

And steadfast truth aquite him out of all.

Her love is firm, her care continual,

So oft as he through his own foolish pride

Or weakness is to sinful bands made thrall."

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"Entire affection hateth nicer hands."*

~Excerpt from Book 1 of The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser


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Persevero,
Scribe 

* i.e. true love and true friendship do not hesitate to get their hands dirty in the service of another