Sir Thomas Elder

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    Blame but thyself that hast misdone,
    And well deserved to have blame;
    Change thou thy way so evil begun,
    And then my lute shall sound that same:
    But if till then my fingers play
    By thy desert their wonted way,
    Blame not my lute.
    Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503?–1542)

    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)

    But my greatest delight is to take a good bite
    At a calf that is plump and delicious;
    And if I indulge in a bite at a bulge,
    Let’s hope you won’t think me too vicious.
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    Oh yes, that’s right. They chain up wild animals. That’s all I am, an animal.
    —John Elder [Anthony Hinds], British screenwriter, and Terence Fisher. Leon (Oliver Reed)