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] |