John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
816 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 816 |
| AUTHOR: | William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| QUOTATION: | If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again! it had a dying fall: O, it came o’er my ear like the sweet sound 1 That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour! |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Twelfth Night. Act i. Sc. 1. [text] |
| WORKS: | William Shakespeare Collection. |
| Note 1. ”Like the sweet south” in Dyce and Singer. This change was made at the suggestion of Pope. [back] |