Avignon/peopleborn or Died in Avignon

Famous quotes containing the words avignon and/or died:

    “he was sitting
    and saying over
    those green words
    Laura and laurel
    written in Avignon ...”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    “When I received this [coronation] ring I solemnly bound myself in marriage to the realm; and it will be quite sufficient for the memorial of my name and for my glory, if, when I die, an inscription be engraved on a marble tomb, saying, “Here lieth Elizabeth, which reigned a virgin, and died a virgin.””
    —Elizabeth I (1533–1603)