Bear True Allegiance

Famous quotes containing the words bear, true and/or allegiance:

    “Southern trees bear a strange fruit
    Blood on the leaf and blood at the root
    Black bodies swingin’ in the southern breeze
    Strange fruit hangin’ in the poplar trees.”
    —Billie Holiday [Eleanor Fagan] (1915–1959)

    “The fifth day of Christmas,
    My true love sent to me
    Five gold rings,”
    —Unknown. The Twelve Days of Christmas (l. 19–21)

    “And then I stole all courtesy from heaven,
    And dressed myself in such humility
    That I did pluck allegiance from men’s hearts,
    Loud shouts and salutations from their mouths,
    Even in the presence of the crowned King.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)