Famous quotes containing the words auld and/or mound:
“For auld lang syne, by dear,
For auld lang syne,
We’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet
For auld lang syne!”
—Robert Burns (1759–1796)
“Why should not our whole life and its scenery be actually thus fair and distinct? All our lives want a suitable background. They should at least, like the life of the anchorite, be as impressive to behold as objects in a desert, a broken shaft or crumbling mound against a limitless horizon.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)