Drayton Comets

Famous quotes containing the words drayton and/or comets:

    And the ambitious vine
    Crowns with his purple mass
    The cedar reaching high
    To kiss the sky,
    The cypress, pine,
    And useful sassafras.
    —Michael Drayton (1563–1631)

    When beggars die there are no comets seen;
    The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)