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

2791 John Milton 1608-1674 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:2791
AUTHOR:John Milton (1608–1674)
QUOTATION:What needs my Shakespeare for his honour’d bones,—
The labour of an age in piled stones?
Or that his hallow’d relics should be hid
Under a star-y-pointing pyramid?
Dear son of memory, great heir of fame,
What need’st thou such weak witness of thy name?
ATTRIBUTION:Epitaph on Shakespeare.