Famous quotes containing the word young:
““A tedious brief scene of young Pyramus
And his love Thisbe, very tragical mirth”—
Merry and tragical? Tedious and brief?
That is hot ice and wondrous strange snow!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“There was a young man of Madras
Who had a magnificent ass:
Not rounded and pink,
As you probably think—
It was grey, had long ears, and ate grass.”
—Anonymous.
“And oh! if my young babe were born,
And set upon the nurse’s knee,
And I my self were dead and gone
For a maid again I’ll never be.”
—Unknown. Waly, Waly (l. 37–40)