Famous quotes containing the words william and/or edge:
“In enterprise of martial kind,
When there was any fighting,
He led his regiment from behind
He found it less exciting.”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18361911)
“So God stepped over to the edge of the world
And He spat out the seven seas;
He batted His eyes, and the lightnings flashed;
He clapped His hands, and the thunders rolled;
And the waters above the earth came down,
The cooling waters came down.”
—James Weldon Johnson (18711938)