Great Northern War/1710-1716 - Sweden and Northern Germany

Famous quotes containing the words northern, war and/or germany:

    “The northern sky rose high and black
    Over the proud unfruitful sea,
    East and west the ships came back
    Happily or unhappily....”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “The dead have been awakened—shall I sleep?
    The world’s at war with tyrants—shall I crouch?
    The harvest’s ripe—and shall I pause to reap?
    I slumber not; the thorn is in my couch;
    Each day a trumpet soundeth in mine ear,
    Its echo in my heart.”
    —George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)

    “The tears I have cried over Germany have dried. I have washed my face.”
    —Marlene Dietrich (1904–1992)