John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
370 Christopher Marlowe 1564-1593 John Bartlett
NUMBER: | 370 |
AUTHOR: | Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593) |
QUOTATION: | Was this the face that launch’d a thousand ships, And burnt the topless towers of Ilium? Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss! Her lips suck forth my soul: 1 see, where it flies! |
ATTRIBUTION: | Faustus. |
Note 1. Once he drew With one long kiss my whole soul through My lips. Alfred Tennyson: Fatima, stanza 3. [back] |