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

1841 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:1841
AUTHOR:William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:I have done the state some service, and they know ’t.
No more of that. I pray you, in your letters,
When you shall these unlucky deeds relate,
Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate,
Nor set down aught in malice. Then, must you speak
Of one that loved not wisely but too well;
Of one not easily jealous, but being wrought
Perplex’d in the extreme; of one whose hand,
Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away
Richer than all his tribe; of one whose subdued eyes,
Albeit unused to the melting mood,
Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees
Their medicinal gum.
ATTRIBUTION:Othello. Act v. Sc. 2.  [text]
WORKS:William Shakespeare Collection.