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. |