Gilbert de Gaunt

Famous quotes containing the words gilbert and/or gaunt:

    “In enterprise of martial kind,
    When there was any fighting,
    He led his regiment from behind—
    He found it less exciting.”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    “Only the gaunt fierce bird
    Flies, merciless with fear
    Lest air hold him not,
    Beats up the scaffold of space
    Sick of the world’s rot
    God’s hideous face.”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)