Wherever the bright sun of heaven shall shine, His honour and the greatness of his name Shall be, and make new nations.
Wherever the bright sun of heaven shall shine, His honour and the greatness of his name Shall be, and make new nations.
- Source
- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing)
King Henry VIII. Act v. Sc. 5.
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- attributed · historical anthology
Preserved as printed; independently unverified. - Historical coordinate
- c. 1590 AD · renaissance
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- Public domain (United States)
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Listed in the author section of Bartlett’s ninth-edition anthology, in the linked 1905 printing. Dates reflect that historical edition and may differ from modern scholarship.
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