Maiden

Famous quotes containing the word maiden:

“The Maiden caught me in the Wild,
Where I was dancing merrily;
She put me into her Cabinet
And Lock’d me up with a golden Key.”
—William Blake (1757–1827)

“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)

“I am more interested in the rosy cheek than I am to know what particular diet the maiden is fed on.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)