Famous quotes containing the words ancient and/or indian:
“Red Rose, proud Rose, sad Rose of all my days!
Come near me, while I sing the ancient ways:
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—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“This, it will be remembered, was the scene of Mrs. Rowlandson’s capture, and of other events in the Indian wars, but from this July afternoon, and under that mild exterior, those times seemed as remote as the irruption of the Goths. They were the dark age of New England.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)