Ryder/criticism

Famous quotes containing the words ryder and/or criticism:

“The despot’s heel is on thy shore,
Maryland!
His torch is at thy temple door,
Maryland!
Avenge the patriotic gore
That flecked the streets of Baltimore,
And be the battle-queen of yore,
Maryland! my Maryland!”
—James Ryder Randall (1839–1908)

“Good criticism is very rare and always precious.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)