John Webster, The White Devil (1612), Act IV, scene 4.
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Glories, like glow-worms, afar off shine bright, But look'd too near have neither heat nor light.
— John Webster on Glowworms
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About John Webster
John Webster (c. 1580 – c. 1634) was an English Jacobean dramatist, a late contemporary of William Shakespeare. His tragedies The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi are often regarded as masterpieces of the early 17th-century English stage.
About John Webster
John Webster (c. 1580 – c. 1634) was an English Jacobean dramatist, a late contemporary of William Shakespeare. His tragedies The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi are often regarded as masterpieces of the early 17th-century English stage.
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