Baron Foster of Thames Bank

Famous quotes containing the words baron, foster, thames and/or bank:

    “As ye of clay were cast by kind,
    So shall ye waste to dust.”
    —Thomas Vaux, 2d Baron Vaux Of Harrowden (1510–1566)

    “De Camptown racetrack five miles long—
    Oh! doo-dah-day!”
    —Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1864)

    “Home! Yes! she would see Trafalgar Square, again; and Nelson on his plinth; and Chelsea Bridge as it dissolved into the Thames at twilight ... and St. Paul’s, the single Amazon breast of her beloved native city.”
    —Angela Carter (1940–1992)

    “I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,
    Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,
    Quite overcanopied with luscious woodbine,
    With sweet musk-roses, and with eglantine:
    There sleeps Titania sometime of the night,
    Lulled in these flowers with dances and delight.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)