Midsummer Night

Famous quotes containing the words midsummer and/or night:

    “Merry Margaret,
    As midsummer flower,
    Gentle as falcon
    Or hawk of the tower:”
    —John Skelton (1460?–1529)

    “One night betimes he went to rest, for he had caught a fever.
    Says he, ‘I am a handsome man, but I’m a gay deceiver.’”
    —George Colman (1762–1836)