Pearly Kings and Queens, known as pearlies, are an organised charitable tradition of working class culture in London, England.
Read more about Pearly Kings And Queens: Henry Croft, Pearly Organisations
Famous quotes containing the words pearly, kings and/or queens:
“What can books of men that wive
In a dragon-guarded land,
Paintings of the dolphin-drawn
Sea-nymphs in their pearly wagons
Do, but awake a hope to live...?”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“Our most bitter enemies are our own kith and kin.... Kings have no brothers, no sons, no mother!”
—Honoré De Balzac (1799–1850)
““Your strength, that is so lofty and fierce and kind,
It might call up a new age, calling to mind
The queens that were imagined long ago,
Is but half yours....””
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)