Throne/antiquity

Famous quotes containing the words throne and/or antiquity:

    And though the shady gloom
    Had given day her room,
    The sun himself withheld his wonted speed,
    And hid his head for shame,
    As his inferior flame
    The new-enlightened world no more should need;
    He saw a greater Sun appear
    Than his bright throne or burning axle-tree could bear.
    John Milton (1608–1674)

    Nothing but great antiquity can make graveyards interesting to me. I have no friends there.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)