Protestant Princes

Famous quotes containing the words protestant and/or princes:

    “So the old flute was doomed and its fate was pathetic,
    ‘Twas fastened and burned at the stake as heretic,
    While the flames roared around it they heard a strange
    noise—
    ‘Twas the old flute still whistling ‘The Protestant Boys’.”
    —Unknown. The Old Orange Flute (l. 37–40)

    “O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend
    The brightest heaven of invention!
    A kingdom for a stage, princes to act,
    And monarchs to behold the swelling scene!”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)