Famous quotes containing the words beggar and/or maid:
“The beggar gazes at her round navel
and she at the moon, his face,
while crows are pecking
at her ladle
and his begging-bowl.”
—Hla Stavhana (c. 50 A.D.)
“I thought it out this very day,
Noon upon the clock,
A man may put pretence away
Who leans upon a stick,
May sing, and sing until he drop,
Whether to maid or hag....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)