Maiden

Famous quotes containing the word maiden:

    “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)

    “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)

    “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)