Laurel Crown

Famous quotes containing the words laurel crown, laurel and/or crown:

    “The strongest poison ever known
    Came from Caesar’s laurel crown.”
    —William Blake (1757–1827)

    “Smart lad, to slip betimes away
    From fields where glory does not stay,
    And early though the laurel grows
    It withers quicker than the rose.”
    —A.E. (Alfred Edward)

    “It grazes the horizons, launched above

    Mortality—ascending emerald-bright,
    A fountain at salute, a crown in view—”
    —Hart Crane (1899–1932)