Lancelot and The Lord of The Distant Isles

Famous quotes containing the words lancelot, lord, distant and/or isles:

    “But Lancelot mused a little space;
    He said, “She has a lovely face;
    God in his mercy lend her grace,
    The Lady of Shalott.””
    —Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)

    “The poet is the supreme artist, for he is the master of colour and of form, and the real musician besides, and is lord over all life and all arts.”
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

    “A short letter to a distant friend is, in my opinion, an insult like that of a slight bow or cursory salutation—a proof of unwillingness to do much, even where there is a necessity of doing something.”
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

    “The isles of Greece! the isles of Greece
    Where burning Sappho loved and sung,”
    —George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)