Princess Maria Christina

Famous quotes containing the words princess and/or maria:

    “How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!”
    —Bible: Hebrew Lamentations 1:1.

    Said of Jerusalem.

    “God rest you merry, gentlemen,
    Let nothing you dismay,
    For Jesus Christ, our Saviour,
    Was born upon this day,
    To save us all from Satan’s power
    When we were gone astray.
    O tidings of comfort and joy!
    For Jesus Christ, our Saviour,
    Was born on Christmas Day.”
    —Dinah Maria Mulock Craik (1826–1887)