Kingly

Famous quotes containing the word kingly:

“To that high Capital, where kingly Death
Keeps his pale court in beauty and decay,
He came.”
—Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)

“Whatever qualities [Tsar Nicholas I] may have shown in his own kingly profession, it must be admitted that in his dealings with the Russian Muse he was at the worst a vicious bully, at the best a clown.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

“Ah kingly kiss
no more regret
nor old deep memories
to mar the bliss....”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)