Endings

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The setting sun, and the music at the close,
As the last taste of sweets, is sweetest last,
Writ in remembrance more than things long past.

William Shakespeare

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Topic

Sunset Endings

Speaker

John of Gaunt

Author

William Shakespeare

Genre

History (play)

Language

English

Time

1595 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Richard II. 9 Dec. 1595, The house of Edward Hoby, Westminster, London, England, UK, act 2, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Richard the Second." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 1.

All good things must come to an end.

Henry M. Field

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Topic

Endings

Author

Henry M. Field

Language

English

Time

1859 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Field, Henry M. Summer Pictures: From Copenhagen to Venice. Sheldon and Company, 1859, ch. 1.