Black Jack Brigade

Famous quotes containing the words black, jack and/or brigade:

    I myself saw furious with blood
    Neoptolemus, at his side the black Atridae,
    Hecuba and the hundred daughters, Priam
    Cut down, his filth drenching the holy fires.
    Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    That is the man all tattered and torn
    That kissed the maiden all forlorn
    Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. The House That Jack Built (l. 29–30)

    Rational free spirits are the light brigade who go on ahead and reconnoitre the ground which the heavy brigade of the orthodox will eventually occupy.
    —G.C. (Georg Christoph)