Imperial Column

Famous quotes containing the words imperial and/or column:

    “Fair tresses man’s imperial race ensnare,
    And beauty draws us with a single hair.”
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    “Sleep sweetly in your humble graves,
    Sleep, martyrs of a fallen cause;
    Though yet no marble column craves
    The pilgrim here to pause.”
    —Henry Timrod (1828–1867)