Raleigh Charter

Famous quotes containing the words raleigh and/or charter:

    Fain would I climb, yet fear I to fall.
    —Sir Walter Raleigh (1552–1618)

    When Britain first, at Heaven’s command,
    Arose from out the azure main,
    This was the charter of her land,
    And guardian angels sung the strain:
    Rule, Britannia! Britannia rules the waves!
    Britons never shall be slaves.
    James Thomson (1700–1748)