Was this the face that launched a thousand ships? And burnt the topless towers of Ilium? Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss!
Source: Faustus, in The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus, act 5, sc. 1.
-- Christopher Marlowe, (Feb 6 1564-1593), English dramatist, poet; He was the first great English dramatist who established blank verse in The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus, 1604.