Mother Goose Land

Famous quotes containing the words mother goose, mother, goose and/or land:

“I had a little nut-tree, nothing would it bear
But a golden nutmeg and a silver pear;”
—Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. I had a little nut-tree, nothing would it bear (l. 1–2)

“Mole dog,
I wish your mother would wake you up
and you wouldn’t lie there like the Pietà
wearing your cross on your nose.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

“This is the rat
That ate the malt
That lay in the house that Jack built.”
—Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. The House That Jack Built (l. 4–6)

“There is a land of pure delight,
Where saints immortal reign;
Infinite day excludes the night,
And pleasures banish pain.”
—Isaac Watts (1674–1748)