Famous quotes containing the words sir william, sir and/or william:
“I love my fellow creatures—I do all the good I can—
Yet everybody says I’m such a disagreeable man!”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“‘Tirra Tirra,’ by the river
Sang Sir Lancelot.”
—Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)
“Swans moulting die, snow melts to tears,
Roses do blush and hang their heads,”
—Henry Noel, British poet, and William Strode, British poet. Beauty Extolled (attributed to Noel and to Strode)