Ere

Famous quotes containing the word ere:

    “Our kindred, though they be long ere they be wooed, they are constant being won; they are burrs, I can tell you, they’ll stick where they are thrown.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Underneath this sable hearse
    Lies the subject of all verse:
    Sidney’s sister, Pembroke’s mother;
    Death ere thou has slain another,
    Fair, and learned, and good as she,
    Time shall throw a dart at thee.”
    —William Browne (1591–1643)

    “Ere the bat hath flown
    His cloistered flight, ere to black Hecate’s summons
    The shard-born beetle with his drowsy hums
    Hath rung night’s yawning peal, there shall be done
    A deed of dreadful note.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)