Gilbert de Gaunt

Famous quotes containing the words gilbert and/or gaunt:

“I am the very pattern of a modern Major-Gineral,
I’ve information vegetable, animal, and mineral;
I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical,
From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical;”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

“The gaunt guitarists on the strings
Rumbled a-day and a-day, a-day.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)