Quote#Death
Brightness falls from the air
Quote byThomas Nashe · 1567–1601
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Summer's Last Will and Testament (1600), Lines 1590–1594 ("In Time of Pestilence, 1593", st. 3).
English (original)
Brightness falls from the air, Queens have died young and fair, Dust hath closed Helen's eye. I am sick, I must die: Lord, have mercy on us.
— Thomas Nashe
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