John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2848 Sir John Denham 1615-1669 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2848 |
| AUTHOR: | Sir John Denham (1615–1669) |
| QUOTATION: | But whither am I strayed? I need not raise Trophies to thee from other men’s dispraise; Nor is thy fame on lesser ruins built; Nor needs thy juster title the foul guilt Of Eastern kings, who, to secure their reign, Must have their brothers, sons, and kindred slain. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | On Mr. John Fletcher’s Works. |
| Note 1. Poets are sultans, if they had their will; For every author would his brother kill. Orrery: Prologues (according to Johnson). Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne. Alexander Pope: Prologue to the Satires, line 197. [back] |