John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
243 Sir Walter Raleigh 1554?-1618 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 243 |
| AUTHOR: | Sir Walter Raleigh (1554?–1618) |
| QUOTATION: | O eloquent, just, and mightie Death! whom none could advise, thou hast perswaded; what none hath dared, thou hast done; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised. Thou hast drawne together all the farre stretchèd greatnesse, all the pride, crueltie, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hic jacet! |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Historie of the World. Book v. Part 1. |