Famous quotes containing the word southey:
“And everybody praised the Duke
Who such a fight did win.
But what good came of it at last?
Quoth little Peterkin.
Why that I cannot tell, said he,
But twas a famous victory.”
—Robert Southey (17741843)
“They have whetted their teeth against the stones,
And now they pick the Bishops bones;
They gnawed the flesh from every limb,
For they were sent to do judgement on him!”
—Robert Southey (17741843)
“No stir in the air, no stir in the sea,
The ship was still as she could be;”
—Robert Southey (17741843)
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