Ancient Sea Kings

Famous quotes containing the words ancient, sea and/or kings:

“In an ancient and dead language, any recognition of living nature attracts us. These are such sentences as were written while grass grew and water ran. It is no small recommendation when a book will stand the test of mere unobstructed sunshine and daylight.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“They went to sea in a Sieve, they did,
In a Sieve they went to sea:
In spite of all their friends could say,
On a winter’s morn, on a stormy day,”
—Edward Lear (1812–1888)

“Have you found me, O my enemy?”
—Bible: Hebrew, 1 Kings 21:20.