Widow Piper

Famous quotes containing the words widow and/or piper:

“A widow has two duties of a contradictory nature—she is a mother, and she ought to exert a father’s power.”
—Honoré De Balzac (1799–1850)

“A piper in the streets to-day
Set up, and tuned, and started to play,”
—“Seumas” “O’Sullivan” (1879–1958)