Beast Sleeps

Famous quotes containing the words beast and/or sleeps:

“Strange thing me seemd to see a beast so wyld,
So goodly wonne with her owne will beguyld.”
—Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599)

“The night discharged of all care
Where wine may bear no sovereignty;
The chaste wife wise, without debate;
Such sleeps as may beguile the night;
Contented with thine own estate;
Neither wish death, nor fear his might.”
—Martial (Marcus Valerius Martialus)