King Defeated

Famous quotes containing the words king and/or defeated:

    Like to the tree of Tantalus she fled,
    And seeming lavish, sav’de her maydenhead.
    Ne’re king more sought to keepe his diademe;
    Than Hero this inestimable gemme.
    Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593)

    Vanquished in life, his death
    By beauty made amends:
    The passing of his breath
    Won his defeated ends.
    Lionel Pigot Johnson (1867–1902)