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Veneration: Quotations from Shakespearian Quotations

There is an old poor man, Who after me hath many a weary step Limp'd in pure love; till he be first suffic'd, Oppress'd with two great evils, age and hunger,— A. V. ii. 7

I will not touch a bit. Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read,) And they would go and kiss dead Cæsar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy,— J. C. ii. 2

Unto their issue.