894. William Shakespeare. 1564-1616. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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


NUMBER:	894
AUTHOR:	William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:	’T is strange that death should sing. I am the cygnet to this pale faint swan, Who chants a doleful hymn to his own death, 1 And from the organ-pipe of frailty sings His soul and body to their lasting rest.
ATTRIBUTION:	King John. Act v. Sc. 7. [text]
BIOGRAPHY:	Columbia Encyclopedia.
WORKS:	William Shakespeare Collection.

Note 1.
See The Merchant of Venice, Note 4. [back]