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Quotation from Henry IV, Part 1 by William Shakespeare
“By Heaven, methinks it were an easy leap To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon”
Henry IV, Part 1, Act 1, Scene 3 (Project Gutenberg #1516, modern spelling)
Hotspur, roused by the plot against the king, imagines winning honour from the moon or from the bottom of the sea.
Citation: "By Heaven, methinks it were an easy leap To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon" — William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, Act 1, Scene 3 (Project Gutenberg #1516, modern spelling). (id henry-iv-part-1-q2)
Portrait: King Henry IV, Part I: The King to the Prince of Wales: “Thou shalt have charge and sovereign trust herein.”, (Act III, Scene ii), Edwin Austin Abbey, Public domain.
