51855. Shakespeare, William. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996

The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996.


NUMBER:	51855
QUOTATION:	Go bind thou up young dangling apricots Which, like unruly children, make their sire Stoop with oppression of their prodigal weight. Give some supportance to the bending twigs. Go thou, and like an executioner Cut off the heads of too-fast-growing sprays That look too lofty in our commonwealth. All must be even in our government. You thus employed, I will go root away The noisome weeds which without profit suck The soil’s fertility from wholesome flowers.
ATTRIBUTION:	William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British poet. King Richard II (III, iv). Giving instructions to his assistant; “prodigal” means excessive. The Unabridged William Shakespeare, William George Clark and William Aldis Wright, eds. (1989) Running Press.
BIOGRAPHY:	Columbia Encyclopedia.
WORKS:	Shakespeare Collection.