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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

372 Christopher Marlowe 1564-1593 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:372
AUTHOR:Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593)
QUOTATION:Cut is the branch that might have grown full straight,
And burnèd is Apollo’s laurel bough, 1
That sometime grew within this learnèd man.
ATTRIBUTION:Faustus.
 
Note 1.
O, withered is the garland of the war!
The soldier’s pole is fallen.
William Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra, act iv. sc. 13. [back]
 


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