Dainty China Country

Famous quotes containing the words dainty, china and/or country:

    “Then stretch our bones in a still gloomy valley;
    Nothing’s so dainty sweet as lovely melancholy.”
    —John Fletcher (1579–1625)

    “Whether the nymph shall break Diana’s law,
    Or some frail china jarreceive a flaw,
    Or stain her honour, or her new brocade,”
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    “I care not for these ladies,
    That must be wooed and prayed;
    Give me kind Amaryllis,
    The wanton country maid.
    Nature art disdaineth;
    Her beauty is her own.”
    —Thomas Campion (1567–1620)