Would I Were Steadfast As Thou Art

Famous quotes containing the words thou art, would i, steadfast, thou and/or art:

    Sweet Benjamin, since thou art young,
    And hast not yet the use of tongue,
    Make it thy slave, while thou art free;
    Imprison it, lest it do thee.
    John Hoskyns (1566–1638)

    Chief Justice. Your means are very slender, and your waste is great.
    Falstaff. I would it were otherwise. I would my means were greater, and my waist slenderer.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    For all the saints who from their labors rest,
    Who, to the world their steadfast faith confessed,
    your name, O Jesus, be forever blessed
    Alleluia!
    William Walsham How (1823–1897)

    O thou that in the heavens does dwell!
    Wha, as it pleases best thysel’,
    Sends ane to heaven and ten to hell,
    A’ for thy glory!
    And no for ony gude or ill
    They’ve done before thee.—
    Robert Burns (1759–1796)

    The textile and needlework arts of the world, primarily because they have been the work of women have been especially written out of art history. It is a male idea that to be “high” and “fine” both women and art should be beautiful, but not useful or functional.
    Patricia Mainardi (b. 1942)