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

394 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:394
AUTHOR:William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:Our revels now are ended. These our actors,
As I foretold you, were all spirits, and
Are melted into air, into thin air:
And, like the baseless fabric of this vision,
The cloud-capp’d towers, the gorgeous palaces,
The solemn temples, the great globe itself,
Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve,
And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,
Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff
As dreams are made on; and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep.
ATTRIBUTION:The Tempest. Act iv. Sc. 1.  [text]
WORKS:William Shakespeare Collection.