Famous quotes containing the words blake and/or songs:
“My mother bore me in the southern wild,
And I am black, but O! my soul is white;”
—William Blake (17571827)
“When I am dead, my dearest, Sing no sad songs for me;
Plant thou no roses at my head, Nor shady cypress tree:
Be the green grass above me With showers and dewdrops wet;
And if thou wilt, remember, And if thou wilt, forget.”
—Christina Georgina Rossetti (18301894)