1st Countess Temple

Famous quotes containing the words countess and/or temple:

    “And tell so readily, he knoweth well
    How ev’ry star by proper name to call?”
    —Bible: Hebrew Psalm CXLVII (Paraphrased by The Countess of Pembroke)

    “This flea is you and I, and this
    Our mariage bed, and mariage temple is;
    Though parents grudge, and you, w’are met,
    And cloystered in these living walls of Jet.”
    —John Donne (1572–1631)