Sir Edward Gascoigne

Famous quotes containing the words sir, edward and/or gascoigne:

    “Haf owre, haf owre to Aberdour,
    It’s fiftie fadom deip,
    And thair lies guid Sir Patrick Spence,
    Wi the Scots lords at his feit.”
    —Unknown. Sir Patrick Spens (l. 41–44)

    “The music of an unhappy people, of the children of disappointment; they tell of death and suffering and unvoiced longing toward a truer world, of misty wanderings and hidden ways.”
    —W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt)

    “Full many wanton babes have I,
    Which must be stilled with lullaby.”
    —George Gascoigne (1539–1577)