Cheltenham Gold Cups

Famous quotes containing the words cheltenham, gold and/or cups:

    “Here lies I and my three daughters,
    Killed by drinking the Cheltenham waters.
    If we had stuck to our Epsom salts
    We’d not be lying in these vaults.”
    —Anonymous. From H. J. Loaring’s Curious Records (1872)

    “I am a lantern—
    My head a moon
    Of Japanese paper, my gold beaten skin
    Infinitely delicate and infinitely expensive.”
    —Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)

    “Sigh no more, ladies.
    Time is male
    and in his cups drinks to the fair.”
    —Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)