Famous quotes containing the words sir thomas, sir, thomas and/or wyatt:
“Aunswer him faire with yea or nay.”
—Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503?–1542)
“Our noble King, King Henery the eighth,
Ouer the riuer of Thames past hee.”
—Unknown. Sir Andrew Barton. . .
English and Scottish Ballads (The Poetry Bookshelf)
“I know an Englishman,
Being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.”
—George Chapman c. 1559–1634, British dramatist, poet, translator. repr. In Plays and Poems of George Chapman: The Tragedies, ed. Thomas Marc Parrott (1910)
“Patience, do what they will
To work me woe or spite,”
—Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503?–1542)