Famous quotes containing the words ancient, british and/or isles:
“You are our surety to immortal life,
Gods hatred of the universal stain
The heritage, O Fear, of ancient strife
Compounded with the tissue of the vein.”
—Allen Tate (18991979)
“Swans moulting die, snow melts to tears,
Roses do blush and hang their heads,”
—Henry Noel, British poet, and William Strode, British poet. Beauty Extolled (attributed to Noel and to Strode)
“The isles of Greece! the isles of Greece
Where burning Sappho loved and sung,”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (17881824)
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