Famous quotes containing the words collins foster, stephen, collins and/or foster:
“The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home;
Tis summer, the darkeys are gay;
The corn-tops ripe, and the meadows in the bloom,”
—Stephen Collins Foster (18261884)
“Two voices are there: one is of the deep;
It learns the storm-clouds thunderous melody,”
—James Kenneth Stephen (18591892)
“Gwine to run all night!
Gwine to run all day!
Ill bet my money on de bobtail nag
Somebody bet on de bay.”
—Stephen Collins Foster (18261864)
“Sentiment is the mightiest force in civilization; not sentimentality, but sentiment. Women will bring this into politics. Home, sweet home, is as powerful on the hustings as at the fireside.”
—J. Ellen Foster (18401910)