Famous quotes containing the words rantin laddie, unknown, rantin and/or laddie:
“Ye lassies all, whereer ye be,
And ye lie with an east-shore laddie,
Yell happy be and yell happy be,
For they are frank and free.”
—Unknown. The Rantin Laddie (l. 4952)
“[The pleasures of writing] correspond exactly to the pleasures of reading, the bliss, the felicity of a phrase is shared by writer and reader: by the satisfied writer and the grateful reader, orwhich is the same thingby the artist grateful to the unknown force in his mind that has suggested a combination of images and by the artistic reader whom his combination satisfies.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (18991977)
“Ye lassies all, whereer ye be,
And ye lie with an east-shore laddie,
Yell happy be and yell happy be,
For they are frank and free.”
—Unknown. The Rantin Laddie (l. 4952)
“Oft have I played at cards and dice,
Because they were so enticing;
But this is a sad and sorrowful day
To see my apron rising.”
—Unknown. The Rantin Laddie (l. 14)