Maiden

Famous quotes containing the word maiden:

“A maiden marries to please her parents; a widow to please herself.”
—Chinese proverb.

“My maiden Isabel,
Reflaring rosabel.
The fragrant camomel;
The ruddy rosary,
The sovereign rosemary,
The pretty strawberry;
The columbine, the nept,
The jelofer well set,
The proper violet:”
—John Skelton (1460?–1529)

“That is the man all tattered and torn
That kissed the maiden all forlorn”
—Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. The House That Jack Built (l. 29–30)