Noble Street Charter

Famous quotes containing the words noble, street and/or charter:

    “A frere ther was, a wantowne and a merye,
    A lymytour, a ful solempne man.
    In alle the ordres foure is noon that kan
    So muchel of daliaunce and fair langage.
    He hadde maad ful many a mariage
    Of yonge wommen at his owene cost.
    Unto his ordre he was a noble post.”
    —Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

    “The last time I saw Paris
    Her heart was warm and gay,
    I heard the laughter of her heart in every street café.”
    —Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960)

    “When Britain first, at Heaven’s command,
    Arose from out the azure main,
    This was the charter of her land,
    And guardian angels sung the strain:
    Rule, Britannia! Britannia rules the waves!
    Britons never shall be slaves.”
    —James Thomson (1700–1748)