Thy Father

Famous quotes containing the words thy father, thy and/or father:

    Shee said, Lullabye, my owne deere child!
    Lullabye, deere child, deere!
    I wold thy father were a king,
    Thy mother layd on a beere!

    ‘Peace now,’ he said, ‘good Faire Ellen,
    And be of good cheere, I thee pray,
    And the bridall and the churching both,
    They shall bee upon one day.’
    Unknown. Child Waters (l. 157–164)

    Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
    Bible: Hebrew Ecclesiastes 11:9.

    You don’t have to deserve your mother’s love. You have to deserve your father’s. He is more particular.... The father is always a Republican towards his son, and his mother’s always a Democrat.
    Robert Frost (1874–1963)